coprophagy

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  • Noun:
    eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity

Word Origin

coprophagy (n.)
1891, from Modern Latin coprophagus, from Greek koprophagos "dung-eating," from kopros "dung" (see copro-) + -phagos (see -phagous). Related: Coprophagous.

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