Usually means: Eating substances derived from earth.
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  1. chthonophagy: Wiktionary
  2. Chthonophagy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  3. Chthonophagy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  4. chthonophagy: FreeDictionary.org

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chthonophagy)

noun:  (pathology) Alternative form of chthonophagia [(pathology) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.]

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