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geophagia [‚jē·ə′fā·jə] (zoology) Soil ingestion by animals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Biochemical functions of geophagy in parrots: detoxification of dietary toxins and cytoprotective effects. In a practice known as geophagy, the earth is also ingested directly or mixed with water and drunk. They include maggots, leeches (a type of segmented worm), and even geophagy or dirt-eating (see sidebar, p. |
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