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Meaning of gerontophagy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The eating of the elderly.

uncountable

Examples

“Unlike species of solitary spiders, in which gerontophagy (the consumption of elderly individuals) is confined to the mother and her offspring, social Stegodyphus have a more varied menu […]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

gerontophile gerontophilia gerontophiliac gerontophobe gerontophobia gerontopsychiatrist