necrophagy
/nɪˈkrɒfədʒi/ /nɛˈkrɒfədʒi/Zoology and Ecology
noun
The condition of being necrophagous; the eating of dead bodies or decaying animal tissue.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Ecological Monographs. From necro- + -phagy, after necrophagous.
- butut
- butyl
- butyl alcohol
- butylate
- butylated hydroxyanisole
- butylated hydroxytoluene
- butylation
- butylene
- butyl rubber
- butyraceous
- butyrate
- butyric acid
- butyrin
- butyrolactone
- buxom
- buxomness
- Buxtehude, Dietrich
- buy
- buyable
- buy-back
- buy back the farm
- buyer
- buyer remorse
- buyer's (or buyers') market
- buyer's remorse