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PRONUNCIATION OF NECROPHAGOUS

necrophagous  [nəˈkrɒfəɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NECROPHAGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Necrophagous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NECROPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

necrophagous

Scavenger

Scavenging is both a carnivorous and a herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat. The eating of carrion from the same species is referred to as cannibalism. Scavengers play an important role in the ecosystem by consuming the dead animal and plant material. Decomposers and detritivores complete this process, by consuming the remains left by scavengers.

Definition of necrophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of necrophagous in the dictionary is feeding on carrion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NECROPHAGOUS


anthropophagous
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
coprophagous
kɒˈprɒfəɡəs
creophagous
krɪˈɒfəɡəs
entomophagous
ˌɛntəˈmɒfəɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
hematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
hylophagous
haɪˈlɒfəɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
macrophagous
məˈkrɒfəɡəs
microphagous
maɪˈkrɒfəɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
omophagous
əʊˈmɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
saprophagous
sæˈprɒfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
scatophagous
skəˈtɒfəɡəs
theophagous
θɪˈɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NECROPHAGOUS

necromancer
necromancy
necromania
necromaniac
necromantic
necrophile
necrophilia
necrophiliac
necrophilic
necrophilism
necrophilous
necrophobe
necrophobia
necrophobic
necrophorous
necropoleis
necropoli
necropolis
necropsies
necropsy

WORDS THAT END LIKE NECROPHAGOUS

analogous
autophagous
bacteriophagous
carpophagous
endophagous
exophagous
haematophagous
hippophagous
ichthyophagous
mallophagous
meliphagous
melliphagous
monophagous
mycophagous
myrmecophagous
oligophagous
ostreophagous
polyphagous
toxicophagous
xiphopagous
zoophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of necrophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «necrophagous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NECROPHAGOUS

Find out the translation of necrophagous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of necrophagous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «necrophagous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

嗜尸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

necrófagas
570 millions of speakers

English

necrophagous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

necrophagous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

necrophagous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

necrophagous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

necrófagos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

necrophagous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nécrophage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Necrophagous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aas fress
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

necrophagous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

necrophagous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Necrophagous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn xác chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த உடலைத் தின்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निगेटीस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

necrophagous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

necrofagi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Necrophagous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

necrophagous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necrofage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκροφάγων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aasetende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

asätande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

necrophagous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of necrophagous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NECROPHAGOUS»

The term «necrophagous» is normally little used and occupies the 148.693 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NECROPHAGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «necrophagous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «necrophagous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about necrophagous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NECROPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of necrophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to necrophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Death and the Regeneration of Life
Sacrificial. death. and. the. necrophagous. ascetic. JONATHAN. PARRY. My aim in this paper1 is to outline two opposing ways in which the problems of temporality and man's mortality are handled within Hinduism. The first section focuses on ...
Maurice Bloch, Jonathan Parry, 1982
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The Forensic Laboratory Handbook Procedures and Practice
17.3.1. Necrophagous. Species. Necrophagous species are insects and other arthropods that feed directly on the decomposing body. These include many of the Diptera or true flies, as well as many beetles ...
Ashraf Mozayani, Carla Noziglia, 2010
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Fundamentals of Forensic Science
Examples of necrophagous insects are diptera, coleoptera, silphidae, and dermestidae.The second most important group, forensically speaking, is the predatory and parasitic species, such as certain coleoptera, silphidae, and some diptera.
Max M. Houck, Jay A. Siegel, 2010
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Forensic Pathology, Second Edition
The insects that are attracted to a dead body fall into three categories: the necrophagous species, which feed on the body itself; the predators and parasites , which feed on the necrophagous insects; and the omnivorous species, which feed on ...
Dominick DiMaio, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 2001
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Death, Mourning, and Burial: A Cross-Cultural Reader
Ascetic. From Jonathan Parry, “Sacrificial Death and the Necrophagous Ascetic,” in Death and the Regeneration ofLife, eds. Maurice Bloch and Jonathan The Nineteenth-Century Tlingit Potlatch: From Sergei Kan, “The 19th-Century Tlingit ...
Antonius C. G. M. Robben, 2009
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Nature Helps...: How Plants and Other Organisms Contribute ...
Necrophagous insects are attracted to a body immediately after death, often within minutes, depending on the level of accessibility and environmental conditions (Smith 1986; Campobasso et al. 2001). Usually the first taxa to arrive on a body ...
Heinz Mehlhorn, 2011
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Insects and Plants: Parallel Evolution & Adaptations, Second ...
A remarkable adaptation among necrophagous insects has developed in the Holarctic beetle genus Nicropkorus (Silphidae). Necrophagous species are relatively specialized. Among the insects, species of Necrophorus are derived from ...
Jolivet, 1992
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The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship
and in "Sacrificial Death and the Necrophagous Ascetic." especially pp. 80-85. T° e notion is also central to Christopher Justice's treatment of death in Banaras in Dying the Good Death, 11-12. and is treated in various works on India, including  ...
Lindsey Harlan, 2003
9
Encyclopedia of Insects
Necrophagous Species Taxa feeding on the corpse comprise this group, including many of the Diptera [Calliphoridae (blow flies) and Sarcophagidae ( flesh flies)] and Coleoptera (Silphidae and Dermestidae). These species may be the most ...
Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, 2009
10
Insect Trace Fossils on Dinosaur Bones from the Upper ...
Hemispherical pits found on Neogene bones from Africa and North America were originally referred to Cubiculum ornatus, however, the morphology of these traces are identical to Ok. entaphiopoles and they are transferred to this ichnospecies. ...
Kenneth Stephen Bader, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NECROPHAGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term necrophagous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bewitched, Bugged and Bewildered
Mr. Sjöberg brings off the literary feat of making the reader care how many necrophagous insects might turn up on a dead badger (versus the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
2
This is what science says happens to your body after you die
She regards a cadaver as a specialised habitat for various necrophagous (or 'dead-eating') insect species, some of which see out their entire ... «Raw Story, May 15»
3
Life after death: the science of human decomposition
She regards a cadaver as a specialised habitat for various necrophagous (or 'dead-eating') insect species, some of which see out their entire ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Road kill maggots help forensic entomologists
She has just finished her Masters where she was studying road kill to identify which necrophagous (flesh eating) insects are present in ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
5
Laundry Man Gets Bloody With SGL Entertainment
Johan, who resides in Belgium, is best known for his films Lucker the Necrophagous (1986) plus Rabid Grannies (1988). And, from the looks of ... «Dread Central, Jan 15»
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SGL Entertainment Picks Up Horror Film LAUNDRY MAN for …
Johan who resides in Belgium is best known for his films Lucker the Necrophagous (1986) plus Rabid Grannies (1988). And, from the looks of ... «Broadway World, Jan 15»
7
Satellite telemetry tracks bearded vultures
Bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) are one of the necrophagous birds most under threat in this country and are classified as an ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
8
UK's MHRA Puts New Restrictions on Popular Painkiller
... (EC) issued a request to EMA to conduct an investigation into the risk posed by the drug to vultures and other necrophagous birds in Europe. «Regulatory Focus, Jan 15»
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European regulator to assess diclofenac risks to vultures
The necrophagous birds play a vital role in stopping the spread of disease and any threat to the health of the vulture population in Europe ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Sep 14»
10
LEVIATHAN GOVERNMENT
And it is precisely that myopic, rage-filled illogic that allows necrophagous political operators who feed on dead minds to turn America away ... «WND.com, Dec 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Necrophagous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/necrophagous>. May 2024 ».
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