oophagyn.

Brit.

/əʊˈɒfədʒi/, U.S.

/oʊˈɑfədʒi/

Forms: 1800s oöphagy, 1800s– oophagy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: oo- comb. form, -phagy comb. form.

Etymology: < oo- comb. form + -phagy comb. form, originally after German Oophagie (1859 in the passage translated in quot. 1860).

Zoology.

The eating of eggs; (now esp.) the consumption by a developing fetus of ova produced by the mother (notably in some shark species).

ΚΠ

1860 Ibis 2 95 Dr. Bolle will find, in the last Number of our Journal, some remarks by Mr. Salvin (p. 361) confirmatory of his theory of the oophagy of the Rallidæ.

1872 R. F. Burton Zanzibar II. x. 326 A large vessel with sails, and a crew of white egg-eaters—Africans have learnt by some curious process to connect Europeans with oöphagy—navigated the waters.

1955 Herpetologica 11 150 This prima facie evidence points to oophagy by this female [salamander] on eggs of her own species, presumably on eggs she had deposited.

1994 S. Turillazzi & R. Cervo in S. Parmigiani & F. S. vom Saal Infanticide & Parental Care ix. 231 Oophagy by associated females [sc. social wasps] on newly founded nests in spring could also be interpreted as resource competition.

2004 Amer. Naturalist 163 637/2 The first form, oophagy, whereby the developing fetus feeds on sibling ova,..is found in some amphibians, sharks, and teleost fishes.

Derivatives

oˈophagous adj. that feeds on eggs; that is characterized by oophagy, esp. in the uterus.

ΚΠ

1883 Jrnl. Northants. Nat. Hist. Soc. 2 217 He could detect an egg-stealing Rook at half-a-mile's distance by its manner of flight, and, being an ardent sportsman, he always preferred a flight at one of these oophagous rascals to any other that his district could then afford.

1961 Evolution 15 73/1 There are, of course, other oophagous snakes, but these are not obligate.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xiv. 364 Porbeagles are also oophagous.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oophagy
释义	oophagyn. Brit. /əʊˈɒfədʒi/, U.S. /oʊˈɑfədʒi/ Forms: 1800s oöphagy, 1800s– oophagy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: oo- comb. form, -phagy comb. form. Etymology: < oo- comb. form + -phagy comb. form, originally after German Oophagie (1859 in the passage translated in quot. 1860). Zoology. The eating of eggs; (now esp.) the consumption by a developing fetus of ova produced by the mother (notably in some shark species). ΚΠ 1860 Ibis 2 95 Dr. Bolle will find, in the last Number of our Journal, some remarks by Mr. Salvin (p. 361) confirmatory of his theory of the oophagy of the Rallidæ. 1872 R. F. Burton Zanzibar II. x. 326 A large vessel with sails, and a crew of white egg-eaters—Africans have learnt by some curious process to connect Europeans with oöphagy—navigated the waters. 1955 Herpetologica 11 150 This prima facie evidence points to oophagy by this female [salamander] on eggs of her own species, presumably on eggs she had deposited. 1994 S. Turillazzi & R. Cervo in S. Parmigiani & F. S. vom Saal Infanticide & Parental Care ix. 231 Oophagy by associated females [sc. social wasps] on newly founded nests in spring could also be interpreted as resource competition. 2004 Amer. Naturalist 163 637/2 The first form, oophagy, whereby the developing fetus feeds on sibling ova,..is found in some amphibians, sharks, and teleost fishes. Derivatives oˈophagous adj. that feeds on eggs; that is characterized by oophagy, esp. in the uterus. ΚΠ 1883 Jrnl. Northants. Nat. Hist. Soc. 2 217 He could detect an egg-stealing Rook at half-a-mile's distance by its manner of flight, and, being an ardent sportsman, he always preferred a flight at one of these oophagous rascals to any other that his district could then afford. 1961 Evolution 15 73/1 There are, of course, other oophagous snakes, but these are not obligate. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xiv. 364 Porbeagles are also oophagous. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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