Hyperphagia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of polyphagia (“excessive appetite for food”). countable, uncountable

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greedintemperancepolyphagiarapacityvoracity

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"The bears enter a time called hyperphagia, when they will eat voraciously, gaining weight for the long winter hibernation."

Etymology

From hyper- + -phagia.

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