necrófago
See also: necrofago
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈkɾɔ.fa.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /neˈkɾɔ.fa.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈkɾɔ.fɐ.ɡu/ [nɨˈkɾɔ.fɐ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: ne‧cró‧fa‧go
Noun
necrófago m (plural necrófagos, feminine necrófaga, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophage (organism that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Adjective
necrófago (feminine necrófaga, masculine plural necrófagos, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophagous (that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
necrófago m (plural necrófagos, feminine necrófaga, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophage (organism that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Adjective
necrófago (feminine necrófaga, masculine plural necrófagos, feminine plural necrófagas)
- (biology) necrophagous (that eats dead or decaying flesh)
Further reading
- “necrófago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024