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Definition
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allotriophagy
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craving for strange foods
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androphagy
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cannibalism
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anthropophaginian
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cannibal
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anthropophagous
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eating humans
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aphagia
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inability to eat or swallow
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apivorous
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eating bees
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arachnivorous
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feeding on spiders
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autocoprophagy
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eating one's own feces
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autophagy
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feeding on body's own tissues
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baccivorous
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eating berries
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batrachivorous
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frog-eating
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bibliophagist
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one who devours books, literally or figuratively
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calcivorous
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feeding on or living in limestone
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cardophagus
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donkey; something that eats thistles
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carnivorous
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eating flesh
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carpophagous
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fruit-eating
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cepivorous
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onion-eating
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chthonophagia
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eating dirt
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comburivorous
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consuming by fire
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coprophagous
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eating feces
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creatophagous
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carnivorous; flesh-eating
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creophagous
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flesh-eating; carnivorous
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detritivore
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animal that eats decomposing organic matter
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dysphagia
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pathological difficulty in swallowing
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endophagy
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cannibalism within a tribe; eating away from
within
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entomophagous
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eating insects
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equivorous
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consuming horseflesh
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exophagy
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cannibalism outside one's own group
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foliophagous
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eating leaves; eating folios of books
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formivorous
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eating ants
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fructivorous
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feeding on fruit
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frugivorous
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eating fruit
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fucivorous
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eating seaweed
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galactophagist
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milk drinker
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gamophagia
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destruction of one gamete by another
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geophagy
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practice of feeding on soil; dirt-eating
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glossophagine
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eating using the tongue
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graminivorous
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feeding on grass or cereals
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granivorous
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feeding on seeds
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gumnivorous
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feeding on tree saps
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herbivorous
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eating only plant matter
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hippophagy
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feeding on horses
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homnivorous
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eating humans
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hylophagous
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eating wood
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hyperphagia
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eating too much
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ichthyophagous
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fish-eating
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insectivorous
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eating insects
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kreatophagia
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eating of raw meat
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larvivorous
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feeding on larvae
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lignivorous
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feeding on wood
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limivorous
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eating mud
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lithophagous
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stone-swallowing; rock-boring; eating rock
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lotophagous
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feeding on lotuses; indolent; lazy; dreamy
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mallophagous
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eating wool or fleece
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meconophagist
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consumer of opium or heroin
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meliphagous
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feeding upon honey
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mellivorous
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honey-eating
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merdivorous
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dung-eating
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microphagous
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feeding on small creatures or plants
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monophagous
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feeding on only one type of food
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mucivorous
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feeding on plant juices
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mycophagous
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eating fungus
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myristicivorous
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feeding upon nutmegs
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myrmecophagous
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feeding on ants
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necrophagous
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feeding on the dead
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nectarivorous
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feeding on nectar
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nucivorous
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nut-eating
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omnivorous
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eating anything; eating both plant and animal
matter
|
omophagy
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eating of raw flesh as a ritual observance
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onychophagist
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nail-biter
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ophiophagous
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eating snakes
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oryzivorous
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rice-eating
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ossivorous
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feeding on bones
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ostreophagous
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oyster-eating
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ovivorous
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eating eggs
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ovivorous
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eating sheep
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paedophage
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eater of children
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pagophagia
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eating trays of ice to help offset iron deficiency
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panivorous
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bread-eating
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pantophagy
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omnivorousness
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phthirophagous
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lice-eating
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phyllophagous
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leaf-eating
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phytivorous
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feeding on plants
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phytophagous
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feeding on vegetable matter
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piscivorous
|
fish-eating
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placentophagy
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eating of the placenta
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plantivorous
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plant-eating
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plasmophagous
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consuming plasma
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poephagous
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eating grass or herbs; herbivorous
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poltophagy
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prolonged chewing of food
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polyphagous
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eating many types of food
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psomophagy
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swallowing food without thorough chewing
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radicivorous
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eating roots
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ranivorous
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eating frogs
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rhizophagous
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root-eating
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rhypophagy
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eating filth
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sanguivorous
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blood-drinking
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saprophagous
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feeding on decaying material
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sarcophagous
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feeding on flesh; carnivorous
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saurophagous
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eating lizards
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scatophagous
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dung-eating
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seminivorous
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seed-eating
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stercovorous
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feeding on dung or excrement
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thalerophagous
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feeding on fresh vegetable matter
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theophagy
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sacramental consumption of a god
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toxicophagous
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eating poison
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toxiphagous
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poison-eating
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univorous
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living on only one host or source of food
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vegetivorous
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eating vegetables
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vermivorous
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eating worms
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xerophagy
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eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week
preceding Easter
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xylophagous
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wood-eating
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zoophagy
|
eating animals
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Saturday, 15 August 2015
Vorous
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