• (n. pl.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
Au·toph'a·gi noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... self + ... to eat.] (Zoology) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched. 
Autophagi are birds which feed themselves as soon as hatched.
autophagi Birds that are able to run around and obtain their own food as soon as they are hatched.