different between consumption vs caecotrophy

English

Etymology

From Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?mp.??n/

Noun

consumption (usually uncountable, plural consumptions)

1. The act of eating, drinking or using.

   The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.

2. The amount consumed.

   gross national consumption

3. The act of consuming or destroying.
4. (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
6. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.

Derived terms

• autoconsumption, self-consumption
• conspicuous consumption

Related terms

• consumer

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• cecotrophy

Etymology

From caecum +? -trophy.

Noun

caecotrophy (uncountable)

1. (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.

Related terms

• caecotroph
• caecotrophagic
• caecotrophic

See also

• reingestion