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gerontophagy

gerontophagy noun: the eating of the elderly.

Noun

gerontophagy (uncountable)

  1. The eating of the elderly.
    • Unlike species of solitary spiders, in which gerontophagy (the consumption of elderly individuals) is confined to the mother and her offspring, social Stegodyphus have a more varied menu […]2001, Judith Goodenough, Betty McGuire, Robert A. Wallace, Perspectives on animal behavior, page 341

Origin of gerontophagy

From geronto- + -phagy.

Questions about gerontophagy

What does gerontophagy mean?
Gerontophagy means the eating of the elderly.
What part of speech is gerontophagy?
Gerontophagy is a noun.

Words near gerontophagy in the dictionary

  1. gerontology
  2. gerontomorphic
  3. gerontomorphosis
  4. gerontonym
  5. gerontonyms
  6. gerontophagy
  7. gerontophile
  8. gerontophiles
  9. gerontophilia
  10. gerontophiliac
  11. gerontophiliacs

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