oophagy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əʊˈɒfədʒi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. uncountable
    — A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.

词源

From oo- + -phagy, originally after German Oophagie.
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