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Adjective: saprozoic  ,sa-pru'zow-ik
  1. (biology) feeding on decaying organic matter
    "Parasitic saprozoic forms may also use directly the serum of their host's blood";
    - saprophagous, detritivorous

See also: herbivorous

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Saprolegnia ferax
Saprolegniales
saprolite
sapropel
saprophage
saprophagous
saprophyte
saprophytic
saprophytic organism
saprotroph
saprozoic
SAPS
sapsago
sapsucker
sapwood
Saqqara
Saqqarah
saquinavir
Sara Teasdale
saraband
Saracen