Geophagia (/ˌdʒiːəˈfeɪdʒ(i)ə/), also known as geophagy (/dʒiˈɒfədʒi/), is the intentional practice of eating earth or soil-like substances such as clay...

dries the mouth with a pungent aftertaste of dirt that lingers for hours. Geophagia — practice of eating dirt, soil Mud pie Clammer, P. (2016). Haiti. Bradt...

was a decisive factor in the infamous Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Geophagia is the practice of eating earth or soil-like substances, also known as...

African countries for pleasure, and by pregnant women as a cure for nausea. Geophagia is the practice of eating the earth, including soil and chalk. This practice...

Dermatophagia (skin) Emetophagia (vomit) Geomelophagia (raw potatoes) Geophagia (earth, soil, sand, clay, chalk) Hematophagia (vampirism) (blood) Hyalophagia...

moving minerals up the food chain. Larger organisms may also consume soil (geophagia) or use mineral resources, such as salt licks, to obtain minerals. Finally...

Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Methods...

Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Methods...

matter: Coprophage: eating faeces Detritivore: eating decomposing material Geophagia: eating inorganic earth Osteophage: eating bones Saprophage: eating decaying...

Myzocytosis Others Microbivory Bacterivore Fungivore Coprophagia Detritivore Geophagia Omnivore Planktivore Saprophagy Xenophagy Lithotroph Plastivore Methods...