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There are 18 twelve-letter words containing PHAGOUS

CARPOPHAGOUS	• carpophagous adj. Living on fruits; fruit-eating. • CARPOPHAGOUS adj. fruit-eating.
COPROPHAGOUS	• coprophagous adj. Feeding on excrement. • COPROPHAGOUS adj. eating dung, also COPROPHAGIC.
HIPPOPHAGOUS	• hippophagous adj. Feeding on horseflesh. • HIPPOPHAGOUS adj. eating horseflesh.
LITHOPHAGOUS	• lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel. • lithophagous adj. (Zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. • LITHOPHAGOUS adj. stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock.
MACROPHAGOUS	• macrophagous adj. (Zoology) That feeds on relatively large particles or prey. • MACROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on relatively large particles of food.
MALLOPHAGOUS	• mallophagous adj. Feeding on feathers. • MALLOPHAGOUS adj. relating to the Mallophaga, an order of wingless parasitic insects, bird-lice or biting-lice.
MELLIPHAGOUS	• melliphagous adj. Alternative spelling of meliphagous. • MELLIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELIPHAGOUS.
MICROPHAGOUS	• microphagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on small particles. • MICROPHAGOUS adj. of an animal, feeding on small particles of food.
NECROPHAGOUS	• necrophagous adj. That eats dead or decaying animal flesh. • NECROPHAGOUS adj. feeding on the dead.
OLIGOPHAGOUS	• oligophagous adj. (Chiefly of insects) that feed on a restricted range of food. • OLIGOPHAGOUS adj. eating only a few specific kinds of food.
OPHIOPHAGOUS	• ophiophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on snakes. • OPHIOPHAGOUS adj. eating snakes.
PANTOPHAGOUS	• pantophagous adj. Eating all kinds of food. • PANTOPHAGOUS adj. eating or requiring a variety of foods.
PHYTOPHAGOUS	• phytophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous. • PHYTOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on plants, also PHYTOPHAGIC.
RHIZOPHAGOUS	• rhizophagous adj. Feeding on roots. • RHIZOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on roots.
SAPROPHAGOUS	• saprophagous adj. Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter. • SAPROPHAGOUS adj. feeding on decaying material.
SARCOPHAGOUS	• sarcophagous adj. (Zoology) Feeding on flesh; carnivorous. • SARCOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on flesh; carnivorous.
SCATOPHAGOUS	• scatophagous adj. Synonym of coprophagous: typified by consuming shit or other excrement. • SCATOPHAGOUS adj. habitually feeding on dung, coprophagous.
STENOPHAGOUS	• stenophagous adj. (Ecology) Feeding on a limited variety of food. • STENOPHAGOUS adj. of animals, feeding on a single type or limited variety of food.

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