saprophagan

From saprophage +‎ -an.

saprophagan (plural saprophagans)

1. (zoology, archaic) a detritivore
   • 1981, “Soviet geography: Volume 22”, in American Geographical Society of New York:

     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.

• “saprophagan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.