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/əʊˈɒfədʒi/ · noun
(zoology) 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..
A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.
Use oophagy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Oophagy means (zoology) 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..
Common synonyms include adelphophagy, embryophagy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.
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