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Zoophagous
Zoophagous o*["o]ph"a*gous, a. [Gr. ?; zw^,on an animal + ? to eat.] Feeding on animals. Note: This is a more general term than either sarcophagous or carnivorous.

Meaning of Oophagous from wikipedia

- Oophagy (/oʊˈɒfədʒi/ oh-OFF-ə-jee) or ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside...
- common thresher has an aplacental viviparous mode of reproduction, with oophagous embryos that feed on undeveloped eggs ovulated by their mother. Females...
- with females typically giving birth to litters of four. The fetuses are oophagous, meaning that they feed on undeveloped eggs ovulated for this purpose...
- pups. As with other lamniforme shark species, the salmon shark is also oophagous, with embryos feeding on the ova produced by the mother. Females reach...
- inside the mother. It is the only **** shark in which the embryos are oophagous, feeding on eggs produced by the mother while inside the uterus. The litter...
- and usually gives birth to litters of two. The developing embryos are oophagous, feeding on unfertilized eggs produced by the mother. The young are born...
- time in the mesopelagic zone. Reproduction is probably viviparous with oophagous embryos like in other mackerel shark species. This shark is caught incidentally...
- P****age near Puerto Rico in January 1983. The developing embryos are oophagous; once they deplete their supply of yolk, they sustain themselves by consuming...
- are ovoviviparous, usually bearing litters of two pups. The embryos are oophagous and feed on ova produced by the mother while inside the uterus. This shark...
- care. The males defend and water the nests, and the females feed the oophagous tadpoles their unfertilized eggs. Although both male and female contribute...