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Cecotroph

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caecotropenounAlternative spelling of caecotroph. [(biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.]
cecotrophynounAlternative spelling of caecotrophy. [(biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.]
mycetophagenounAlternative form of mycophage. [(biology) Any organism that eats fungus.]
mycetophagynounAlternative form of mycophagy. [(biology) The eating of fungus.]
coprophagianounAlternative form of coprophagy. [The act or an instance of eating feces.]
cacotrophianounAlternative form of cacotrophy. [(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.]
ceratophagynounAlternative form of keratophagy. [The condition of being keratophagous]
ectotoxinnounAlternative form of exotoxin. [Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.]
zoöphagynounAlternative form of zoophagy. [(rare) The feeding on animals.]
oxalotrophynoun(biology) feeding (obtaining nourishment) on oxalates or oxalic acid
catabolinnounSynonym of interleukin.
cacotrophynoun(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
nectivorynounAlternative form of nectarivory. [(zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.]
lecitotrophynounMisspelling of lecithotrophy. [A form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.]
histiotrophnounMisspelling of histotroph. [The uterine secretions involved in histotrophy]
amoebacidenounAlternative form of amebicide. [A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.]
lecithotrophynounA form of development in which the embryo receives no nutrition other than the yolk originally contained within its egg.
lithopaedionnounAlternative form of lithopedion. [(medicine) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.]
endothermianounAlternative form of endothermy. [(biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.]
placentophagianounAlternative form of placentophagy. [(rare) Consumption of one's own placenta immediately after childbirth.]

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