Monday, August 23, 2021

allocoprophagy

 Coprophagia (/ˌkɒprəˈfiə/)[or coprophagy (/kəˈprɒfəi/) is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Greek κόπρος copros, "feces" and φαγεῖν phagein, "to eat". Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), of other individuals (allocoprophagy), or one's own (autocoprophagy).


 

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