schizophagous /skɪtˈsɒ.fə.ɡəs/ adjective1 •That is necrophagous in earlier stages of life and becomes predaceous later on.70% of the specimens belonged to zoophagous species, 15% each to phytophagous and schizophagous ones. The majority of them originated from river banks, meadows, crop fields and waste land. — 1975