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embryophagy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-bryophagy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

adelphophagy oophagy

Questions

What does embryophagy mean?
The act of one embryo cannibalizing another for food in utero; at present only observed in some species of sharks.
Where does embryophagy come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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