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Definition of oophagy in US English:
oophagy
noun
ZoologyThe eating of eggs; (now especially) the consumption by a developing fetus of ova produced by the mother (notably in some shark species).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Ibis: a quarterly journal of ornithology. From oo- + -phagy, originally after German Oophagie.
