oophagy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The eating of eggs; (now especially) the cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species.

/əʊˈɒfədʒi/

oophagy

From oo- + -phagy, originally after German Oophagie.

adelphophagy embryophagy

oophagic oophagous

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