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necrophagia
 

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Noun necrophagia has 1 sense
  1. necrophagia, necrophagy - feeding on corpses or carrion
    --1 is a kind of eating, feeding

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Necrophagia

Definitions:

  • Noun: The act or practice of feeding on dead bodies.
  • Noun: The consumption of dead or decaying organic matter by animals.

Examples:

  1. Noun: The necrophagia of vultures plays an important ecological role by removing carcasses.
  2. Noun: In some cultures, cannibalistic tribes have practiced necrophagia as a form of ritualistic behavior.

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