a. Also kreo-. [f. Gr. κρεοφάγ-ος (f. κρεας, κρεο- flesh + -φαγος eating) + -OUS.] Flesh-eating; carnivorous. So Creophagist, one who uses flesh as food; Creophagism, Creophagy [Gr. κρεοφαγία], the eating of flesh.
1881. Sat. Rev., LII. 569. The average kreophagist is by no means convinced that kreophagy is the perfect way in diet. Ibid., 570. Kreophagism leads to alcoholism. Ibid. The ruling tribes and castes of Europe have invariably been kreophagous.
1885. Ray Lankester, in Encycl. Brit., XIX. 831/2. Exceptional creophagous Protophytes, parallel at a lower level of structure to the insectivorous Phanerogams.
