saprophagous in English
adjective
1
(of an organism) feeding on or obtaining nourishment from decaying organic matter.
The family Anthomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera) is a globally distributed group of phytophagous, saprophagous , or coprophagous flies with over 1500 described species worldwide.
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