sarcophagic

English

Etymology

sarco- +‎ -phagic

Adjective

sarcophagic (comparative more sarcophagic, superlative most sarcophagic)

1. Meat-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.

Synonyms

• carnivorous
• stercophagic