Definition of "zoophagous" []

• Feeding on animal matter. (adjective)

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• "He is himself zoophagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of"
• "It was dark when I was able to inquire about my zoophagous patient."
• "I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoophagous"