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Meaning of geophagy in English
Pronunciation
/dʒiˈɑfədʒi/
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Noun
geophagy
Etymology
mid 19th century: from geo-‘earth’ + Greek phagia‘eating, feeding’ (from phagein‘eat’)
Definitions
1.
eating earth or clay or chalk
Examples
« occurs in some primitive tribes or sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency »