different between aquatic vs oophagy

English

Alternative forms

• aquatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/

• Rhymes: -?t?k

Usage notes

The pronunciations with a back vowel are more recent and reflect a long-established tendency to round a historic short-a after IPA^(key): /w/.

Adjective

aquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)

1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

Synonyms

• waterly

Related terms

• aquativeness (obscure, obsolete)

Translations

Noun

aquatic (plural aquatics)

1. Any aquatic plant.

References

English

Etymology

From oo- +? -phagy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????f?d?i/

Noun

oophagy (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species. [from 19th c.]
   • 2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, vol. 34 no. 15:

     A number of shark species go in for oophagy, or uterine cannibalism.

Synonyms

• adelphophagy
• embryophagy

Related terms

• oophagic
• oophagous