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appetency, appetencies
1. A fixed and strong desire; especially, a natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.
2. An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions; such as, in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organism to seek what satisfies its cravings; such as, food.
2. An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions; such as, in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organism to seek what satisfies its cravings; such as, food.
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peti-, pet-, -pit- +
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