saprophagic

English

Adjective

saprophagic (not comparable)

1. Eating dead organic matter.
   • 2009 May 26, Natalie Angier, “Fungi, From Killer to Dinner Companion”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “They are the major decomposers,” outdoing even bacteria, worms and maggots in their saprophagic industry, said David J. McLaughlin, a mycologist at the University of Minnesota.

Related terms

• saprophyte