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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sarcophagus /sɑːˈkɒfəgəs/

▶noun (pl. sarcophagi /-gʌɪ, -dʒʌɪ/) a stone coffin, typically associated with ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk sarkophagos ‘flesh-consuming’, from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ + -phagos ‘-eating’.

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