- Geophagous
- Geophagous \Ge*oph"a*gous\, a. Earth-eating. [1913 Webster]
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Geophagous
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geophagous — (ˈ)jē|äfəgəs adjective Etymology: ge + phagous 1. : eating earth a geophagous tribe 2. : feeding on soil geophagous worms * * * geophˈagous / gəs/ adjective • • • Main Entry … Useful english dictionary
geophagous — adj. [Gr. ge, earth; phagein, to eat] Feeding on earth … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
geophagous — ge·oph·a·gous … English syllables
geophagous — a. eating earth. ♦ geophagia, ♦ geophagism, ♦ geophagy, n … Dictionary of difficult words
Earthworm — Taxobox name = Earthworm image width = 250px image2 width = 250px image2 caption = Lumbricus terrestris, the Common European Earthworm regnum = Animalia phylum = Annelida classis = Oligochaeta ordo = Haplotaxida subordo = Lumbricina subdivision… … Wikipedia
geophagy — geophagist, n. geophagous /jee of euh geuhs/, adj. /jee of euh jee/, n. the practice of eating earthy matter, esp. clay or chalk, as in famine stricken areas. Also, geophagia /jee euh fay jeuh, jee euh/, geophagism /jee of euh jiz euhm/. [1840… … Universalium
geophagism — /dʒiˈɒfədʒɪzəm/ (say jee ofuhjizuhm) noun the practice of eating earth or substances found in the earth, as clay, chalk, etc. Also, geophagy. {see geo , phagy, ism} –geophagous /dʒiˈɒfəgəs/ (say jee ofuhguhs), adjective –geophagist /dʒiˈɒfə …
