"oophagy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015, Theo Tait, ‘Don't wear yum-yum yellow’, London Review of Books, volume 34, number 15",
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        "The cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species."
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        "(zoology) The cannibalization of subordinate eggs within a homogeneous population or the uterus; particularly as it relates to certain insect and aquatic species."
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          "word": "adelphophagy"
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          "word": "embryophagy"
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