embryophagy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (“to feed on”); 1948; created to describe the behavior of sandtiger shark embryos.
Noun
[edit]embryophagy (uncountable)
- The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only characterized in some species of sharks.