What does zoophagous mean?
Zoophagous means (zoology, rare) carnivorous.
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/zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/ · adjective
(zoology, rare) carnivorous.
A zoophagous insect.
My homicidal maniac is of a peculiar kind. I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoöphagous (life-eating) maniac; what he desires is to absorb as many lives as he can, and he has laid himself out to achieve it in a cumulative way.
Use zoophagous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Zoophagous means (zoology, rare) carnivorous.
Common synonyms include carnivorous, meat-eating, flesh-eating.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A zoophagous insect.
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