Etymology

embryophagy

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Today it means: The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks. Full definition →

Latin embryo
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  1. Latin · derived fromembryo
  2. English todayembryophagy

From Latin embryo and the suffix -phagy (“to feed on”); 1948; created to describe the behavior of sandtiger shark embryos.

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