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onychophagy

US/oʊ̯.nɪˈkɒf.ə.d͡ʒi/

onychophagy noun: nail biting.

Noun

onychophagy (uncountable)

  1. Nail biting.

onychophagy meaning in Tamil

onychophagy in Tamil

உகிர்கடிப்பு

Origin of onychophagy

From onycho- + -phagy.

Words formed from onychophagy

Questions about onychophagy

What does onychophagy mean?
Onychophagy means nail biting.
What is onychophagy in Tamil?
Onychophagy in Tamil is உகிர்கடிப்பு. See Onychophagy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is onychophagy?
Onychophagy is a noun.
How do you pronounce onychophagy?
Onychophagy is pronounced /oʊ̯.nɪˈkɒf.ə.d͡ʒi/ (US).

Words near onychophagy in the dictionary

  1. onychopathology
  2. onychopathy
  3. onychophagia
  4. onychophagist
  5. onychophagists
  6. onychophagy
  7. onychophoran
  8. onychophorans
  9. onychopod
  10. onychopods
  11. onychopsin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: onychophagy (page history and authors); onychophagy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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