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matriphagy

English edit

Etymology edit

From matri- (“mother”) +‎ -phagy (“to feed on”).

Noun edit

matriphagy (uncountable)

  1. The condition where organisms feed on their own mother

References edit

  • Schneider, J. M. & Y. Lubin (1996) Infanticidal male eresid spiders. Nature. 381:655-656.
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