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  1. n. The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh

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  1. n. feeding on corpses or carrion

Etymologies

  1. From necro- (death) and the suffix -phagy (to feed on) (Wiktionary)

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  • “It was he who had mastered necrophagy, feeding his body on dormant energies—but unlike his siblings, he retained his soul.”

    Simon & Schuster: EMPIRE

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  1. feeding
  1. eating

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