necrophagic

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From necro- +‎ -phagic.

necrophagic (not comparable)

Eating dead bodies.
- 1975, Angela Carter, “The Hidden Child”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 546:
  Ravages of ‘demon claws and teeth’; corpses ‘mangled, chewed and clawed’. The necrophagic passion is very strong in Lovecraft.
- 2012, Gabriele Schwab, Imaginary Ethnographies:
  When they are eating the remainders of their dead fathers, the girls perform all the elements of a necrophagic ritual.
(biology) That feeds on carrion.

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