How to pronounce“oophagy”in English
For example certain species of shark, like the sand tiger, get a jump on the competition before they are even born.
Sand tiger sharks practice intrauterine cannibalism also known as oophagy or adelphophagy. Now, oophagy or "egg-eating" occurs when an
embryo snacks on unfertilized eggs passing through their mother's uterus.
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Definitions of “oophagy”
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.
“A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.”
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