patriphagy

Noun

patriphagy (uncountable)

1. (rare) The act of consuming one's own father, either by a person or another organism.
   • His was perhaps rather a practical rather than a speculative bent, but let us not forget his unflinching faith in the future, and let us remember, too, that in his passing he helped to shape the basic social institutions of parricide and patriphagy which give continuity both to the community and to...1994 [1960], Roy Lewis, The Evolution Man, or, How I Ate My Father, Vintage Books, page 214
   • Cannibalism is known to occur within, as well as among, different life stages, including adults consuming eggs, juveniles, or other adults, juveniles consuming eggs or other juveniles (Elgar & Crespi 1992), and even, rarely, filial cannibalism wherein adults consume their own young (Bartlett 1987...2013, Robert Kent Richardson, Ecomorphology and Mating Behavior of Two Species of Night-stalking Tiger Beetles, Omus audouini and O. dejeanii, Portland State University, page 101