"saprophagan" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981, “Soviet geography: Volume 22”, in American Geographical Society of New York:",
          "text": "Natural and sown haylands also differ in the trophic structure of the animal population, with phytophagans and saprophagans about evenly divided in sown legumes and saprophagans dominating in natural grass.",
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        "One of a tribe of beetles that feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle."
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        "(zoology) One of a tribe of beetles that feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle."
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