caecotrophy

Meanings

Noun

In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.

Origin / Etymology

From caecum + -trophy.

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