zoopharmacognosy

English

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ pharmacognosy.

Noun

zoopharmacognosy (uncountable)

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