Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caecotroph

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cae-cotroph
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.

Example Sentences

"Vocalizations include food recruitment calls, high-pitched contact and aggressive chirps, a mating call, a toilet-assembly call, and vocalizations specific to pups, such as squawks when pups are stepped on and caecotroph-solicitation chirps."
"He finds the caecotrophs revolting, consisting as they do of semi-digested herbage, discharged through the anus and reswallowed two or three times a week."

Inflected Forms

caecotrophs (plural) caecotrope (alternative) cecotrope (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

caecotrophy

Questions

What does caecotroph mean?: In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.

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