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omophagous

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o⋅mo⋅pha⋅gia

  [oh-muh-fey-juh, -jee-uh]
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–noun
the eating of raw food, esp. raw meat.
Origin:
1700–10; < NL < Gk ōmophagía, equiv. to ōmó(s) raw + -phagia -phagy

Related forms:
o⋅mo⋅phag⋅ic  [oh-muh-faj-ik] , o⋅moph⋅a⋅gous  [oh-mof-uh-guhs] , adjective
o⋅moph⋅a⋅gist  [oh-mof-uh-jist] , noun
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Word Origin & History

omophagous 
1706 (omophagia), from Gk., lit. "eating raw flesh," from omos "raw" + phagein "to eat." First element is from PIE base *omo- (cf. Skt. amah "raw, uncooked, unripe," O.Ir. om, Welsh of); for second element, see -phagous.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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