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Meaning of "geophagous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOPHAGOUS

geophagous  [dʒɪˈɒfəɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOPHAGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Geophagous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GEOPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of geophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of geophagous in the dictionary is eating earth, clay, chalk, etc. Other definition of geophagous is eating soil.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GEOPHAGOUS


anthropophagous
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
bacteriophagous
bækˌtɪərɪˈɒfəɡəs
creophagous
krɪˈɒfəɡəs
entomophagous
ˌɛntəˈmɒfəɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
hematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
ichthyophagous
ˌɪkθɪˈɒfəɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
necrophagous
nəˈkrɒfəɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
omophagous
əʊˈmɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
ostreophagous
ˌɒstrɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
scatophagous
skəˈtɒfəɡəs
theophagous
θɪˈɒfəɡəs
zoophagous
zəʊˈɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOPHAGOUS

geophagia
geophagism
geophagist
geophagy
geophilic
geophilous
geophone
geophysical
geophysically
geophysicist
geophysics
geophyte
geophytic
geopolitical
geopolitically
geopolitician
geopolitics
geoponic
geoponical
geoponics

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOPHAGOUS

analogous
autophagous
carpophagous
endophagous
exophagous
haematophagous
hippophagous
hylophagous
mallophagous
meliphagous
melliphagous
microphagous
monophagous
mycophagous
myrmecophagous
oligophagous
polyphagous
saprophagous
toxicophagous
xiphopagous
xylophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of geophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «geophagous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOPHAGOUS

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The translations of geophagous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geophagous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

geophagous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

geophagous
570 millions of speakers

English

geophagous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

geophagous
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

geophagous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

geophagous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

geophagous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

geophagous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

geophagous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Geophagous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geophagous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

geophagous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

geophagous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geophagous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

geophagous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

geophagous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौगोलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geophagous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

geophagous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

geophagous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

geophagous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

geophagous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

geophagous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geophagous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geophagous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geophagous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geophagous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHAGOUS»

The term «geophagous» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.081 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOPHAGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «geophagous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «geophagous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geophagous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of geophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to geophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Perspectives on Karst Geomorphology, Hydrology, and ...
Geophagy Animals are presumed to engage in geophagous (“eating dirt”) activity to supplement low sodium levels in food and water supplies (e.g., Holdø et al., 2002). Krishnamani and Mahaney (2000) suggested that it may also supplement  ...
Russell S. Harmon, Carol M. Wicks, Derek C. Ford, 2006
2
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Chile, 9 Regulatory control, PBDEs, 84 Reproductive toxicity, PBDEs, 81 Reptiles , geophagous (table), 120 Respiration inhibition, cyanide higher plants, 37 Risk assessment, PBDEs, 87 Rivers, mercury contamination, Chile, 9 Rodent kills, ...
George W. Ware, 2004
3
Applied Study of Cultural Heritage and Clays
The latter study found that an average of 28g of soil were eaten daily by geophagous children which, for Fe, could in principle supply 32% of the RNI for girls and 42% of the RNI for boys in this particular age group. However, Geissler et al.
J. L. Pérez Rodríguez, 2003
4
Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 190
... butadiene, 189:145 Genotoxicity, chloroprene, 189:155 Genotoxicity, isoprene, 189:162 Geogenic (natural) arsenic sources, 184:99 Geophagous animals (table ), 183:118 Geophagous terrestrial birds (table), 183:121 Geophagous terrestrial ...
D.M. Whitacre, George Ware, 2007
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Nature's Plow: Soil Macroinvertebrate Communities in the ...
Geophagous Dome 10-20 10-20 Black Cylinder Pasteboard-like material Spini Isoptera Termitidae Termitinae Spinitermes sp. Geophagous Dome 20-30 20-50 Black Cone Cemented material Veloci Isoptera Termitidae Nasutitermitinae ...
Juan J. Jiménez, Richard James Thomas, 2001
6
Soil Ecology
Minimum values of one or less cocoons per year are common in deep-dwelling tropical geophagous species (Lavelle, 1978). Tropical species generally have low fecundities (1 to 15 cocoons per year) with the exception of a few pantropical  ...
P. Lavelle, A. Spain, 2001
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Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th ...
GEOPHAGOUS. TERMITES. ON. SOILS. OF. INUNDATION. FORESTS. IN. AMAZONIA-FIRST. RESULTS. Christopher Martius Max-Planck- I nsti tut fur Limnologie. Postfach 165, D-2320 Plon, E.R.G., and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da ...
International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Congress, G. K. Veeresh, B. Mallik, 1990
8
Biology and Ecology of Earthworms
Much higher assimilation efficiencies than those reported for geophagous earthworms have been reported for litter-feeding earthworms, suggesting that the litter feeders are more efficient than the geophages at assimilating ingested energy ...
Clive A. Edwards, P.J. Bohlen, 1996
9
Issues in Environmental Economics, Engineering, and ...
(2010 FEB 12) Nanjing University: Bioaccumulation and bound-residue formation of a branched 4-nonylphenol isomer in the geophagous earthworm Metaphire guillelmi in a rice paddy soil Current study results from the report, ...
‎2012
10
Earthworm Ecology and Biogeography in North America
... feed on surface litter) UNDER LOGS & STONES UNDER BARK OF TREES IN ROTTING LOGS SUBSOIL SPECIES (Continuously extend burrows, geophagous ) includes TRUE GEOPHAGOUS SPECIES DEAD ROOT FEEDERS Figure 1.
Paul F. Hendrix, 1995

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