Definition of Oophagy. Meaning of Oophagy. Synonyms of Oophagy

- 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...
- Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Human cannibalism...
- body (see also autophagy) Filial cannibalism 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 Human cannibalism...
- but obtain nutrients by consuming other ova, zygotes or sibling embryos (oophagy or adelphophagy). This intra-uterine cannibalism occurs in some sharks...
- young are born alive and fully functional. Lamniforme sharks practice oophagy, where the first embryos to hatch eat the remaining eggs. Taking this a...
- zygotes develop in the female's oviducts, but find their nutrients by oophagy or adelphophagy (intra-uterine cannibalism of eggs or sibling embryos in...
- 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...