English Explanatory Dictionary

embryophagy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks.

Word forms

embryophagy

Etymology

From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (“to feed on”); 1948; created to describe the behavior of sandtiger shark embryos.

Synonyms

adelphophagy oophagy
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