different between caecotrophy vs caecotroph

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From caecum +? -trophy.

caecotrophy (uncountable)

(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.
Hypernym: coprophagy
- 2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13,
  The second group (T-2: 6 rabbits) was also fed the labelled diet but only during the last ten days of the fattening period when animals were fitted a neck collar to prevent caecotrophy.

caecotroph (plural caecotrophs)

(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.
- 2002, J. Jarvis and P. Sherman, "Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842: Naked Mole-rat," Mammalian Species, no. 706, p. 5,
  Vocalizations include food recruitment calls, high-pitched contact and aggressive chirps, a mating call, a toilet-assembly call, and vocalizations specific to pups, such as squawks when pups are stepped on and caecotroph-solicitation chirps.

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