scatophagous

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος (skatophágos), from σκατο- (skato-, “shit”) and φάγος (phágos, “eating”), from φᾰγεῖν (phăgeîn, “to eat”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, forming adjectives). Equivalent to scato- +‎ -phagous. === Adjective === scatophagous (comparative more scatophagous, superlative most scatophagous) Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement. ==== Related terms ==== === References === "scatophagous, adj.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.