zoophagy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous feeding

   The researcher distinguished zoophagy from feeding on plants, fungi, or decaying matter.

Formed from zoo-, from Greek zoion, 'animal or living being,' + -phagy, from Greek phagein, 'to eat.' The corresponding adjective is zoophagous; both terms are rare and chiefly zoological.

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