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  1. paedophagynoun

    The act of feeding off larvae or eggs.

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  1. Paedophagy

    Paedophagy (literally meaning the "consumption of children") in its general form is the feeding behaviour of fish or other animals whose diet is partially, or primarily the eggs or larvae of other animals. However, P. H. Greenwood, who was the first to describe paedophagia, defines it to be a feeding behaviour evolved among cichlid fishes.

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  1. Paedophagy

    Paedophagy is the feeding behaviour of fish or other animals whose diet is partially, or primarily the eggs or larvae of other animals. Various species of cichlid fish from Lake Malawi of the genera Caprichromis, Hemitaeniochromis, and Naevochromis are paedophages. In Lake Tanganyika species of the genus Haplotaxodon and possibly Greenwoodochromis bellcrossi may also be implicated in this sort of feeding strategy. The orange chromide, is also a paedophagous cichlid. Some paedophagus fish specialise in feeding on the young of mouthbrooding cichlids, ramming the buccal cavity of the mouthbrooder to dislodge, and then consume the eggs or larvae held within.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of paedophagy in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of paedophagy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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