different between coprophagy vs coprophage

English

Alternative forms

• coprophagia

Etymology

From copro- (“excrement”) +? -phagy (“to feed on”).

Noun

coprophagy (uncountable)

1. The eating of feces.
   • 1980, G. J. Kenagy and D. F. Hoyt, "Reingestion of Feces in Rodents and Its Daily Rhythmicity," Oecologia, vol. 44, no. 3, p. 403,

     We use "coprophagy" as the simplest available general term to describe ingestion of the feces, without any implication of cause, circumstances, or the origin or nature of fecal material consumed.

   • 1989, Nutrition and Management of Dogs and Cats (page 38)

     Other studies postulate that dogs practice coprophagy in an attempt to conserve digestive enzymes, in particular protelytic enzymes and amylase (McCuistion, 1966).

   • 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 52:

     In Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (2003), Kosky previewed the apocalypse in a blitz of surreal images that made coprophagy, as he puts it, look "gorgeous".

   Synonym: scatophagy

Related terms

Translations

See also

• caecotrophy
• proctophagy
• reingestion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coprophagus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (koprophágos), from ?????? (kópros, “dung”) + -????? (-phágos, “eater; glutton”). Equivalent to copro- +? -phage.

Noun

coprophage (plural coprophages)

1. (zoology) A living organism that feeds on feces or fecal matter.

Synonyms

• scatophage

Related terms

• coprophagous
• coprophagy

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coprophagus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (koprophágos), from ?????? (kópros, “dung”) + -????? (-phágos, “eater; glutton”). Equivalent to copro- +? -phage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.p??.fa?/

Adjective

coprophage (plural coprophages)

1. coprophagous

Synonyms

• scatophage

Noun

coprophage m or f (plural coprophages)

1. coprophage

Synonyms

• scatophage

Further reading

• “coprophage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).