Defn: Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.
SARCOPHAGOUS
Sar*coph"a*gous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Feeding on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
SARCOPHAGUS Sar*coph"a*gus, n.; pl. L. Sarcophagi, E. Sarcophaguses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Sarcasm.]
1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. Holland.
2. A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.
3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
SARCOPHAGY
Sar*coph"a*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. Sarcophagus.]
Defn: The practice of eating flesh.
SARCOPHILE
Sar"co*phile, n. Etym: [Sacro- + Gr. (Zoöl.)