† scatophagiann.
Obsolete. rare.
One who feeds on dung.
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scatophagian1569
coprophagist1887
shit-eater1962
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. lxxxiii. 145 b [The name Scatophagos] afterwards was deriued to all Phisitions, in suche wise, that wee call them Scatophagians and Scatomanters, that is, ordure eaters, and lookers on ordure.
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