• Embryophagy

    Origin

    From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (to feed on); 1948, word was created to describe the eating behavior of Sandtiger Shark embryos.

    Full definition of embryophagy

    Noun

    embryophagy

    (uncountable)
    1. The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only characterized in some species of sharks.
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