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Definition of Coprophagous
1. a. Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.
Definition of Coprophagous
1. Adjective. Feeding on excrement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coprophagous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Coprophagous
1. Feeding on excrement. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coprophagous
Literary usage of Coprophagous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"28, 1900) aroused his interest in the general subject of coprophagous insects,
and the flies reared in 1889-90, from cow-dung, ..."
2. An Introduction to Entomology, Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"... finds that the species of coprophagous insects within the tropics, to those
without, are nearly in the proportion of 4:3; and that the coprophagous ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"... BO great an extent is this the case, that I believe the species of Geotrupes
only continue to exist because the more perfectly constructed coprophagous ..."
4. The House Fly, Disease Carrier: An Account of Its Dangerous Activities and by Leland Ossian Howard (1911)
"Wash. Acad. of Sciences, Vol. II, pp. 541-604. Dec. 28, 1900) aroused his interest
in the general subject of coprophagous insects, and the flies reared in ..."
5. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46 by Edward Belcher, Arthur Adams (1848)
"... and other coprophagous Beetles, in tropical countries, would seem to be not
so much to remove excrementitious matter from the surface of the earth, ..."
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