saprozoic

1. 1.

   (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter

   Synonymssaprophagous

   Similarherbivorous

Questions about saprozoic

What does saprozoic mean?

saprozoic means "(of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter".

How many syllables are in saprozoic?

saprozoic has 3 syllables and divides as sa-pro-zoic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for saprozoic?

Close synonyms include saprophagous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.