Biophagy

/baɪˈɑf.ə.dʒi/ noun

Definition

The eating of living organisms or living matter; a mode of feeding on live food.

Etymology

From bio- (life) + -phagy (from Greek phagein, to eat). Scientific term for the practice of consuming living organisms as food.

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Biophagy is why some fish farmers worry—wild fish can practice biophagy on farmed fish, and it spreads diseases between populations!

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