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coprophilous.

living in, or growing on excrement

12 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. living in, or growing on excrement

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-ro-sder. Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros) English copro- English -philous English coprophilous From copro- + -philous.

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