Omophagous

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Feeding on raw flesh or consuming uncooked meat as a dietary habit
2. Having a diet that consists primarily of raw animal flesh rather than cooked or processed foods
3. Describing an organism that eats flesh that is not cooked or otherwise prepared

Etymology: "Omophagous" is built from two Greek elements: "ōmos", meaning "raw" or "uncooked", and "-phagos", meaning "eating," from "phagein," "to eat." Put together, the word describes creatures or people that eat raw flesh, a sense that sets it apart from the broader idea of simply being a meat-eater. The "-phagous" ending is a familiar one in scientific and descriptive vocabulary. It appears in words like "anthropophagous" (human-eating) and "herbivorous" is its close cousin in spirit, though "herbivorous" comes from Latin roots rather than Greek. Each combining form lets a writer pin down a specific diet with a single compound, which is why naturalists and anthropologists found the pattern so useful.