The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:Rypophagous \Ry*poph"a*gous\ (r[-i]*p[o^]f"[.a]*g[u^]s), a. [Gr. "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.] (Zool.) Eating, or subsisting on, filth. [1913 Webster]