coprophagy
English
Etymology
From copro- (excrement) and the suffix -phagy (to feed on)
Alternative forms
Noun
coprophagy (uncountable)
- The eating of feces.
- 1980, G. J. Kenagy and D. F. Hoyt, "Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity," Oecologia, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 403,
- We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed.
- 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 52:
- In Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (2003), Kosky previewed the apocalypse in a blitz of surreal images that made coprophagy, as he puts it, look "gorgeous".
- 1980, G. J. Kenagy and D. F. Hoyt, "Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity," Oecologia, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 403,
Synonyms
- reingestion
- scatophagy
Related terms
- autocoprophagy
- coprophagan
- coprophagic
- coprophagist
- coprophagous
Translations
the eating of feces
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