- rypophagous
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see rhypophagous.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Rypophagous — Ry*poph a*gous (r[ i]*p[o^]f [.a]*g[u^]s), a. [Gr. ry pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zo[ o]l.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English