腐ふ生せい動どう物ぶつ

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Meanings

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noun

saprozoa; saprophagous animal

Technical term in biology for animals that feed on decaying organic matter. Not a common everyday word.

腐rot, decay, sour

生life, genuine, birth

動move, motion, change

物thing, object, matter

腐ふ生せい植しょく物ぶつ
Refers to saprophytic plants, while 腐生動物 refers to saprozoic animals.
腐ふ食しょく動どう物ぶつ
More general term for scavengers or detritivores; 腐生動物 is specifically saprozoa.

Compound of 腐生 (fusei, 'saprophytic') and 動物 (dōbutsu, 'animal'). The term is a modern scientific coinage.