What does "zoopharmacognosy" mean?

The non-human knowledge and practice of medicine and medicaments (non-human animals' own knowledge, behaviours and culture, involving their own treatments of their own ailments).

Zoopharmacognosy

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The non-human knowledge and practice of medicine and medicaments (non-human animals' own knowledge, behaviours and culture, involving their own treatments of their own ailments). uncountable

Etymology

From zoo- + pharmacognosy.

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