SAPROPHAGOUS


Meaning of SAPROPHAGOUS in English

/sa prof"euh geuhs/ , adj. Biol.

(of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.

[ 1810-20; SAPRO- + -PHAGOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .