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morsitation

morsitation noun: the act of biting or gnawing, especially by insects.

Noun

morsitation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of biting or gnawing, especially by insects.
    • […] and his research into the literature of the subject, with his liberal recognition of the quotation marks, indicates his well-disposed mind toward the men who have blazed the way before him in this difficult and intricate mechanism of morsitation.1909, Transactions of the National Dental Association, page 83

Questions about morsitation

What does morsitation mean?
Morsitation means the act of biting or gnawing, especially by insects.
What part of speech is morsitation?
Morsitation is a noun.

Words near morsitation in the dictionary

  1. Morshedqoli
  2. Morshyn
  3. morsicatio
  4. morsing
  5. morsings
  6. morsitation
  7. morsure
  8. morsures
  9. morsuximide
  10. mort
  11. mort bell

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