matriphagy

English

Etymology

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

Noun

matriphagy (uncountable)

  1. The condition where organisms feed on their own mother

References

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