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sarcophagus comes from the Gr**** σάρξ sarx
meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν
phagein meaning "to eat";
hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating", from the phrase...
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meaning "to devour", or -phage, -phagy, or -phagous from Gr**** φαγεῖν (
phagein),
meaning "to eat". The
evolution of
feeding is
varied with some feeding...
- word is
derived from the
Ancient Gr**** κόπρος kópros "****" and φαγεῖν
phageîn "to eat".
Coprophagy refers to many
kinds of ****-eating,
including eating...
- of
feeding on
blood (from the Gr****
words αἷμα
haima "blood" and φαγεῖν
phagein "to eat").
Since blood is a
fluid tissue rich in
nutritious proteins and...
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within bacteria and archaea. The term is
derived from
Ancient Gr**** φαγεῖν (
phagein) 'to devour' and bacteria.
Bacteriophages are
composed of
proteins that...
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Sarcophagidae (from
Ancient Gr**** σάρξ sárx 'flesh' and φαγεῖν
phageîn 'to eat') are a
family of
flies commonly known as
flesh flies. They
differ from...
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Entomophagy (/ˌɛntəˈmɒfədʒi/, from Gr**** ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν
phagein, 'to eat') is the
practice of
eating insects. An
alternative term is insectivory...
- ξυλοφάγος (xulophagos) "eating wood", from ξύλον (xulon) "wood" and φαγεῖν (
phagein) "to eat".
Animals feeding only on dead wood are
called sapro-xylophagous...
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Phagocytosis (from
Ancient Gr**** φαγεῖν (
phagein) 'to eat' and κύτος (kytos) 'cell') is the
process by
which a cell uses its
plasma membrane to engulf...
- The term is
derived from
ancient Gr**** θρίξ,
thrix ("hair") and φαγεῖν,
phagein ("to eat"). Tricho-phagy
refers only to the
chewing of hair,
whereas tricho-phagia...
