Noun
eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity
Source: WordNetHamsters 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