Ne‐croph″a‐gous (?), a. [Gr. � eating corpses; νεκρόσ a dead body + � to eat: cf. F. nécrophage.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.