coprophagy

Noun

Meaning

eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

necrophagy coprophagia

Hypernyms

eating feeding

Related terms

coprophagous coprophagan coprophagic allocoprophagy autocoprophagy coprophagist

Examples

Hamsters are hindgut fermenters and eat their own feces ( coprophagy ) to recover nutrients digested in the hindgut, but not absorbed. Source: Internet

They pass two distinct types of feces: hard droppings and soft black viscous pellets, the latter of which are known as caecotrophs and are immediately eaten (a behaviour known as coprophagy ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

coprophagous coprophagous grin coprophagously coprophemia coprophenomenon coprophil