Definition of Oophagy. Meaning of Oophagy. Synonyms of Oophagy

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Meaning of Oophagy 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...
- adelphophagy or embryophagy, the fetus eats sibling embryos, while in oophagy it feeds on eggs. Adelphophagy occurs in some marine gastropods (calyptraeids...
- additional provisioning may be in the form of unfertilized eggs (intrauterine oophagy), uterine secretions (histotrophy) or it may be delivered through a placenta...
- that individuals will also hunt on young individuals of other spiders. Oophagy was observed in an individual in Mangalore, India. An female which was...
- Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...
- Anthropophagy: the practice of eating human flesh Intrauterine cannibalism Oophagy or Ovophagy: the embryo/foetus eats sibling eggs Embryophagy: the foetus...
- Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...
- Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...
- Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...
- but obtain nutrients by consuming other ova, zygotes or sibling embryos (oophagy or adelphophagy). This intra-uterine cannibalism occurs in some sharks...