Saprophagic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Saprophagic is an adjective meaning Eating dead organic matter.
Meaning
Eating dead organic matter.
Example Sentences
“They are the major decomposers,” outdoing even bacteria, worms and maggots in their saprophagic industry, said David J. McLaughlin, a mycologist at the University of Minnesota.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saprophagous, saprophilous, sarcosaprophagous, saprozoic, detritophagous, saprophytophagous.
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