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coprophagia

coprophagia is the alternative form of coprophagy.

Meaning of coprophagy

Noun

coprophagy (uncountable)

  1. The act or an instance of eating feces.
    • We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed.1980, G. J. Kenagy, D. F. Hoyt, “Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity”, in Oecologia, volume 44, number 3, page 403
    Synonyms:
    scatophagy

Questions about coprophagia

What is coprophagia the alternative form of?
Coprophagia is the alternative form of coprophagy.

Words near coprophagia in the dictionary

  1. coproparasitoscopy
  2. coprophagan
  3. coprophagans
  4. coprophage
  5. coprophages
  6. coprophagia
  7. coprophagic
  8. coprophagist
  9. coprophagists
  10. coprophagous
  11. coprophagous grin

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