geophagy in English
noun
1
the practice of eating earth, especially chalk or clay in famine-stricken regions.
For many years, parrots and macaws had been observed on the river banks in the Amazonian forests of Peru biting off and swallowing chunks of orange clay - a practice known as geophagy .
noun
geophagia
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1. Specifically, practicing geophagy is more likely to be associated with anemia or low hemoglobin.