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Unusual among the ground sharks, the false catshark is viviparous with the developing embryos practicing intrauterineoophagy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like other members of its family, the porbeagle is aplacental viviparous withoophagy, i.e. the main source of embryonic nutrition are unfertilized eggs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The pups eat unfertilized eggs (oophagy) before being born.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are variations in the extent ofoophagyamong the different shark species.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The exact mode of reproduction ranges from ovoviviparity through to viviparity, and in some species,oophagyis known, as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thisoophagyhad a major impact on the colonys output of eggs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Developing embryos feed on unfertilized eggs within the uterus during the 15 to 18 month gestation period - this is called (oophagy) (i.e. egg-eating).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It likely shares the reproductive characteristics of other mackerel sharks, which are viviparous with small litter sizes and embryos that grow during gestation by eating undeveloped eggs (oophagy).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its reproduction is little-known but probably similar to that of other mackerel sharks, which are viviparous with embryos that feed on unfertilized eggs during gestation (oophagy).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since not all oocytes form into pups, when a pup or two is formed inside the female, they eat the remaining fertilized eggs, known asoophagy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.