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chrysotile |
chrysotype |
chthonian |
chthonic |
chthonophagia |
chthonophagy
| chu kiang
| chuang-tzu
| chub
| chub mackerel
| chub-faced
chthonophagy
CIDE DICTIONARY
chthonophagy, n. [NL. chthonophagia; Gr. , , earth + to eat.].
A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [1913 Webster]
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