英语词汇“sarcophagal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

sarcophagal

释义

Sarcophaga /sär-kofˈə-gə/

noun

A genus of flies whose larvae feed on flesh

ORIGIN: Gr sarkophagos flesh-eating, from sarx, sarkos flesh, and phagein (aorist) to eat

sarcophˈagal adjective

sarcophˈagous adjective

Feeding on flesh

sarcophˈagus noun (pl sarcophˈagi /-jī or -gī/ or sarcophˈaguses)

A limestone used by the Greeks for coffins, thought to consume the flesh of corpses
A stone coffin, esp one with carvings
A tomb or cenotaph of similar form

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