gerontophagy

English

Etymology

geronto- +‎ -phagy

Noun

gerontophagy (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The eating of the elderly.
   • 2001, Judith Goodenough, Betty McGuire, Robert A. Wallace, Perspectives on animal behavior, page 341:

     Unlike species of solitary spiders, in which gerontophagy (the consumption of elderly individuals) is confined to the mother and her offspring, social Stegodyphus have a more varied menu […]