stercophagic
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stercophagic (comparative more stercophagic, superlative most stercophagic)
- Dung-eating.
- 1923, Dan McKenzie, “Sense of Olfaction in Lower Animals”, in Aromatics and the Soul: A Study of Smells, William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., pages 28–29:
- At all events, the sarcophagic and stercophagic insects are attracted to their food chiefly, if not entirely, by odour.