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autophagi.

Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.

    obsolete · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From auto- (“by oneself”) + Latin -phagus (“eater”, plural -phagī). The attested Ancient Greek αὐτοφάγος (autophágos) would have meant "self-devouring, autophagous".

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