autophagi

== English == === Etymology === From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous". === Noun === autophagi pl (plural only) (zoology, obsolete) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched. ==== Coordinate terms ==== insessores === References === “autophagi”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.