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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

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So others don't have to look it up like I did....

"Coprophagous" means "dung eating."

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Mr Gradenko
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said by calvoiper:

"Coprophagous" means "dung eating."

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And is where cursory exposure to Latin pays dividends (pun intended). Copro: feces; phagous: eating.

calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
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I suffered through a high school "cursory exposure to Latin," but my school was so repressed that the word for "dung" would never have been discussed.

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ctgreybeard
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said by Titus:

And is where cursory exposure to Latin pays dividends (pun intended). Copro: feces; phagous: eating.
It's Greek, actually, but a wonderful word none-the-less!

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Mr Gradenko
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said by ctgreybeard:
said by Titus:

And is where cursory exposure to Latin pays dividends (pun intended). Copro: feces; phagous: eating.
It's Greek, actually, but a wonderful word none-the-less!
Wow, I had no idea the word would generate such, uh, interest -
It's all Greek to me! It stuck in my mind from studying Latin roots.
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