sarcophagous

adjective

sar·​coph·​a·​gous

(ˈ)sär¦käfəgəs

variants or sarcophagic

¦särkə¦fajik

: carnivorous

Word History

Etymology

sarcophagous from Latin sarcophagus flesh-eating, from Greek sarkophagos; sarcophagic from Latin sarcophagus + English -ic

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