Definition of Coprophagous. Meaning of Coprophagous. Synonyms of Coprophagous

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Definition of Coprophagous

Coprophagous
Coprophagous Co*proph"a*gous, a. [Gr. ? exrement + ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

Meaning of Coprophagous from wikipedia

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- haematophagous guild, represented by biting flies, mites, and ticks, and the coprophagous guild which comprises a unique ****emblage of moths and beetles which...
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- of the Diptera, the true flies. Most muscoid flies are saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous as larvae, but some species are parasitic, predatory...
- remained rare until the Cretaceous. The first scarab beetles were not coprophagous but presumably fed on rotting wood with the help of fungus; they are...
- lifestyles, inhabiting the bodies of organisms rather than the environment. Coprophagous pyralid moth species, called sloth moths, such as Bradipodicola hahneli...
- provisioning their nests with leaf litter (often moldy), but are occasionally coprophagous, similar to dung beetles. The eggs are laid in or upon the provision...
- wing end. Many species have a very wide distribution, reflecting the coprophagous habit of most Sepsidae. Some species have been spread over large territories...
- most widespread and abundant coprophagous species in tropical Asian regions; C. sesostris Waterhouse, 1888, also coprophagous, widespread and common in savannas...
- A sloth moth is a coprophagous moth which has evolved to exclusively inhabit the fur of sloths and to use sloth dung as a substrate for the early stages...