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PRONUNCIATION OF COPROPHAGY

coprophagy  [kɒˈprɒfədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COPROPHAGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Coprophagy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COPROPHAGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

coprophagy

Coprophagia

Coprophagia /kɒp.rə.ˈfeɪ.dʒi.ə/ or coprophagy is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Greek κόπρος copros, "feces" and φαγεῖν phagein, "to eat". Many animal species eat feces as a normal behavior; other species may not normally consume feces but do so under unusual conditions. Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces eating including eating feces of other species, of other individuals, or its own, those once deposited or taken directly from the anus.

Definition of coprophagy in the English dictionary

The definition of coprophagy in the dictionary is the fact of feeding on dung.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COPROPHAGY


anthropophagy
ˌænθrəˈpɒfədʒɪ
autocoprophagy
ˌɔːtəʊkəˈprɒfədʒɪ
autophagy
ɔːˈtɒfədʒɪ
bacteriophagy
bækˌtɪərɪˈɒfədʒɪ
creophagy
krɪˈɒfədʒɪ
endophagy
ɛnˈdɒfədʒɪ
exophagy
ɛkˈsɒfədʒɪ
geophagy
dʒɪˈɒfədʒɪ
hippophagy
hɪˈpɒfədʒɪ
ichthyophagy
ˌɪkθɪˈɒfədʒɪ
monophagy
mɒnˈɒfədʒɪ
mycophagy
maɪˈkɒfədʒɪ
oligophagy
ˌɒlɪˈɡɒfədʒɪ
omophagy
əʊˈmɒfədʒɪ
ostreophagy
ˌɒstrɪˈɒfədʒɪ
pantophagy
pænˈtɒfədʒɪ
phytophagy
faɪˈtɒfədʒɪ
scatophagy
skæˈtɒfədʒɪ
theophagy
θɪˈɒfədʒɪ
xerophagy
zɪəˈrɒfədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COPROPHAGY

coprolalia
coprolaliac
coprolite
coprolith
coprolitic
coprology
copromoter
coprophagan
coprophagic
coprophagist
coprophagous
coprophilia
coprophiliac
coprophilic
coprophilous
coproprietor
coprosma
coprosperity
coprosterol
coprozoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE COPROPHAGY

aerophagy
baggy
biology
cabbagy
cagy
doggy
energy
entomophagy
garbagy
genealogy
gy
Moholy-Nagy
Nagy
orgy
polyphagy
psychology
sagy
stagy
strategy
technology

Synonyms and antonyms of coprophagy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coprophagy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COPROPHAGY

Find out the translation of coprophagy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coprophagy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coprophagy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

食粪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coprofagia
570 millions of speakers

English

coprophagy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coprophagy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أكل البراز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

копрофагия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coprofagia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

coprophagy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coprophagie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Coprophagy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

coprophagy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食糞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

coprophagy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coprophagy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

coprophagy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன் கழிவு உண்ணுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्पित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

coprophagy´i
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coprofagia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coprophagy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

копрофагия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coprophagy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

coprophagy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koprofagie voort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

coprophagy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

koprofagi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coprophagy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COPROPHAGY»

The term «coprophagy» is normally little used and occupies the 138.084 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COPROPHAGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «coprophagy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «coprophagy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coprophagy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COPROPHAGY»

Discover the use of coprophagy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coprophagy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment
Coprophagy The disadvantage of locating cellulose fermentation in the posterior part of the intestinal tract can be circumvented in a peculiar way. Many rodents as well as rabbits and hares form a special kind of feces from the contents of the ...
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, 1997
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Comparative Physiology of the Vertebrate Digestive System
In contrast, coprophagy is practiced on a regular basis by the adults of many species of small herbivorous mammals, which include the rabbits (Olsen and Mad- sen 1943; Hamilton 1955; Geis 1957), hares (Watson and Taylor 1955; Bookhout ...
C. Edward Stevens, Ian D. Hume, 2004
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Handbook of Small Animal Gastroenterology
The idea of coprophagy is revolting to most humans, and there is potential for its occurrence to seriously alter an owners attitude toward his or her dog. Most will try any suggestions offered by their veterinarian, trainer, or any other opinionated  ...
Todd R. Tams, 2003
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Coprophagy. Digestion of cellulose in hindgut fermenters, such as rodents, lagomorphs, and the marsupial common ringtail, occurs in the cecum. Because there is no regurgitation and the rate of passage of forage is rapid, these mammals ...
‎2007
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VITAMINS AND HORMONES
The necessity for controlling coprophagy in nutritional studies was pointed out by Steenbock et al. (1923). When they kept their rats on wire screens, the requirements for the B vitamins increased markedly in comparison to the requirements of ...
Robert Samuel Harris, G. F. Marrian, Kenneth Vivian Thimann, 1956
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Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Etiology and ...
In many species, such as the rabbit, coprophagy (stool eating) is a normal ingestive behavior that provides a variety of vital nutrients, including B-complex vitamins (Soave and Brand, 1991). Denying rabbits, for example, access to fecal  ...
Steve Lindsay, 2013
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Advances In Marine Biology
(b) Coprophagy. Coprophagy is the ingestion of faecal material. Copepods have been reported to practice coprophagy on their own faecal pellets (Lampitt et al., 1990). Coprophagy is explained by the nutritive value of faecal pellets, as marine  ...
‎2005
8
Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Procedures ...
In addition to methods used for controlling destructive behavior, various techniques are explored for the management and treatment of pica and coprophagy. The eating of nondigestible items is a significant health concern because it may ...
Steven R. Lindsay, 2013
9
Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals,: Fourth Revised ...
Essentially no absorption of the larger menaquinones, such as menaquinone-9, occurs in the large intestine; but they are effectively absorbed if recycled to the small intestine by coprophagy (Ichihashi et al., 1992). The smaller menaquinone- 4 ...
Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture, 1995
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Canine Behavior: Insights and Answers
but they will usually drink right away if given clean water. high serum sodium levels can impair thirst perception as an osmoreceptor function.40 Coprophagy a very common complaint made by dog owners is that their pet is eating feces, ...
Bonnie V. G. Beaver, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COPROPHAGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coprophagy is used in the context of the following news items.
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C is for chicken (and campylobacter)
Transmission is guaranteed by a continual process of consumption and excretion known as coprophagy." There are no vaccines – either for ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
2
Tristan Thompson doesn't eat seafood because 'fish eat their poos'
I went to the Wikipedia page for Coprophagy at my job and found that: - Rabbits eat their own poos. - Cows sometimes eat chicken poos. «SB Nation, May 15»
3
Why do animals eat poop?
National Geographic asked several scientists for the straight dope on coprophagy. Apparently, animals know that scat contains undigested food ... «Boing Boing, May 15»
4
Why Do Animals—Including Your Dog—Eat Poop?
... they eat them again to harvest those nutrients, said Hunt, who has studied coprophagy in chimpanzees. (Read "It's Just a Little Pre-digested; ... «National Geographic, May 15»
5
Instead of Rayford Steele talking about abortion, here is a video of a …
Capybaras engage in coprophagy — meaning they eat their own droppings, but they never attempt to force others to consume their droppings. «Patheos, Jan 15»
6
Snowshoe hares strive to survive winter
To get around this, hares practice coprophagy — they defecate and then eat the soft pellets. Hares have a separate compartment in their ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jan 15»
7
Bensie Boy Prevent Dogs From Eating Their Own Poop
(Newswire.net -- January 6, 2015) Clyde, North Carolina -- The act of a dog eating its own poop, or another dog's is known as coprophagy. «Newswire, Jan 15»
8
Mark Joseph Stern's Immaculate Conception
Are you suggesting that heterosexual sex is akin to coprophagy? I really don't agree.” I'm saying that observed in nature is a poor way to justify ... «The American Conservative, Nov 14»
9
Artificial Sweeteners May Have Despicable Impacts on Gut Microbes
Mice disgustingly eat their own feces anyway through a process called coprophagy. The humans in the study were spared from this experiment. «Scientific American, Nov 14»
10
Bed Bugs Won't Give You Chagas Disease (probably)
There is another source of Chagas disease infection in kissing bugs: coprophagy. Literally: shit-eating. Baby kissing bugs don't have an ... «Wired, Nov 14»

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