necrophilous
/nɪˈkrɒfɪləs/ /nɛˈkrɒfɪləs/(also nekrophilus)
adjective
1 Zoology and Ecology. Feeding or growing on dead animal tissue; necrophagous.
2Affected with or characterized by necrophilia; necrophilic.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From necro- + -philous.
- death blast
- death blow
- death bone
- death by misadventure
- death camas
- death camp
- death candle
- death cap
- death-cart
- death cell
- death certificate
- death chair
- death chamber
- death cloth
- death control
- death cord
- death cup
- death dance
- death day
- death-dealing
- death-defying
- death-doing
- death door
- death drake
- death duty