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Meaning of saprophagic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Eating dead organic matter.

not-comparable

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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