Caecotroph

Quick meaning: Caecotroph is a noun meaning (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.

Meaning

(biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.

Example Sentences

He finds the caecotrophs revolting, consisting as they do of semi-digested herbage, discharged through the anus and reswallowed two or three times a week.

Vocalizations include food recruitment calls, high-pitched contact and aggressive chirps, a mating call, a toilet-assembly call, and vocalizations specific to pups, such as squawks when pups are stepped on and caecotroph-solicitation chirps.

Word Forms

• caecotrophs
• caecotrope

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include caecotrophy, caecid, cactophile, proctophagy, caeciliid, caecilian.

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