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Cretaceous vs Geophagy - What's the difference?

cretaceous | geophagy |

As an adjective cretaceous

is of or relating to chalk.

As a noun geophagy is

the practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.

cretaceous

English

(wikipedia Cretaceous)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago
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    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

    See also

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    geophagy

    English

    (wikipedia geophagy)

    Noun

    (geophagies)
  • The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.

    • See also

    *pica