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.
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Coprophagy
Synonyms for "coprophagy" (3 found)
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19 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- coprofàgia noun (the eating of feces)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 食糞性 /食粪性 noun (the eating of feces)
- 食糞症 /食粪症 noun (the eating of feces)
Dutch
1 entries- coprofagie noun (the eating of feces)
Finnish
1 entries- koprofagia noun (the eating of feces)
French
1 entries- coprophagie noun (the eating of feces)
Indonesian
1 entries- koprofagia noun (the eating of feces)
Japanese
1 entries- 食糞 noun (the eating of feces)
Korean
1 entries- 식분증 noun (the eating of feces)
Persian
1 entries- مدفوعخواری noun (the eating of feces)
Polish
1 entries- koprofagia noun (the eating of feces)
Portuguese
1 entries- coprofagia noun (the eating of feces)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- koprofàgija noun (the eating of feces)
- копрофа̀гија noun (the eating of feces)
Spanish
1 entries- coprofagia noun (the eating of feces)
Swedish
1 entries- koprofagi noun (the eating of feces)
Turkish
2 entries- dışkı yeme noun (the eating of feces)
- koprofagi noun (the eating of feces)
Vietnamese
1 entries- động vật ăn phân noun (the eating of feces)
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Other studies postulate that dogs practice coprophagy in an attempt to conserve digestive enzymes, in particular protelytic enzymes and amylase (McCuistion, 1966).
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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".
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