omophagous

  • 1omophagous — (adj.) 1857, from omophagia (1706), from Greek, lit. eating raw flesh, from omos raw (see OMO (Cf. omo )) + phagein to eat (see PHAGOUS (Cf. phagous)) …

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  • 2omophagous — omophagic / fajˈik/ or omophagous / mofˈə gəs/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑omophagia …

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  • 3omophagous — adj. eating raw meat …

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  • 4o|mo|phag|ic — «OH muh FAJ ihk», adjective. = omophagous. (Cf. ↑omophagous) …

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  • 5omophagia — omophagic /oh meuh faj ik/, omophagous /oh mof euh geuhs/, adj. omophagist /oh mof euh jist/, n. /oh meuh fay jeuh, jee euh/, n. the eating of raw food, esp. raw meat. [1700 10; < NL < Gk omophagía, equiv. to omó(s) raw + phagia PHAGY] * * * …

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  • 6omophagy — noun The eating of raw meat. See Also: omophagia, omophagic, omophagous …

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  • 7cannibal — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, Cain, Lucullus, amphibian, animal, anthropophagite, apache, aquatic, assassin, assassinator, barbarian, beast, biped, bloodletter, bloodshedder, board and roomer, boarder, bon vivant, bravo, brute,&#8230; …

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  • 8carnivorous — Synonyms and related words: cannibal, cannibalistic, commensal, dietetic, dining, eating, feeding, flesh eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass eating, herbivorous, insect eating,&#8230; …

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  • 9commensal — Synonyms and related words: cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, common, communal, communalist, communalistic …

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  • 10dietetic — Synonyms and related words: cannibal, cannibalistic, carnivorous, commensal, dietary, dietic, dining, eating, feeding, flesh eating, fruitarian, gastronomic, gluttonous, grain eating, graminivorous, granivorous, grass eating, herbivorous, insect&#8230; …

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