scatophage

Meaning

Noun

A shit-eater: a human or animal that consumes excrement.
A dungfly.

Origin

From New Latin scatophagus, from Ancient Greek σκατοφάγος, from σκατο- and φάγος, from φᾰγεῖν + -ος. Equivalent to scato- + -phage. In particular reference to dungflies, an anglicization of their genus Scatophaga.

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