matriphagy

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English

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Etymology

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From matri- (mother) +‎ -phagy (to feed on).

Noun

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matriphagy (uncountable)

  1. The condition where organisms feed on their own mother

References

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  • Schneider, J. M. & Y. Lubin (1996) Infanticidal male eresid spiders. Nature. 381:655-656.