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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...
- body (see also autophagy)
Filial cannibalism Intrauterine cannibalism Oophagy or ovophagy: the embryo/foetus eats
sibling eggs Embryophagy: the foetus...
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Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Human cannibalism...
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additional provisioning may be in the form of
unfertilized eggs (intrauterine
oophagy),
uterine secretions (histotrophy) or it may be
delivered through a placenta...
- Gollum). It
contains the only
ground shark species that
exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in
which developing fetuses are
nourished by eggs
produced by
their mother...
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adelphophagy or embryophagy, the
fetus eats
sibling embryos,
while in
oophagy it
feeds on eggs.
Adelphophagy occurs in some
marine gastropods (calyptraeids...
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helping them feed on the mother's
unfertilized ova (a
behaviour known as
oophagy). In females, only the
right ovary appears to function, and it is currently...
- they
begin feasting on the mother's
unfertilized eggs; this is
known as
oophagy.
Thresher sharks are slow to mature;
males reach ****ual
maturity between...
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Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Human cannibalism...
- of development, the
unborn young are fed
nonviable eggs by the
mother (
oophagy). The
litter size is
typically two, but may be as many as eight. The longfin...
