gerontophagy

English

Etymology

From geronto- +‎ -phagy.

Noun

gerontophagy (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) The eating of the elderly.
    • 2001, Judith Goodenough, Betty McGuire, Robert A. Wallace, Perspectives on animal behavior, page 341:
      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 […]
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