autophagi
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek, meaning "self-feeding".
Noun
autophagi pl (plural only)
- (zoology) Birds that are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for autophagi in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)