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geophagy

geophagy noun: the practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.

Noun

geophagy (uncountable)

  1. The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.

Origin of geophagy

From geo- + -phagy.

Questions about geophagy

What does geophagy mean?
Geophagy means the practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
What part of speech is geophagy?
Geophagy is a noun.

Words near geophagy in the dictionary

  1. geophagins
  2. geophagism
  3. geophagist
  4. geophagists
  5. geophagous
  6. geophagy
  7. geophase
  8. geophases
  9. geophile
  10. geophiles
  11. geophilia

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