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- noun A form of
acute malnutrition caused byexcess consumption of anylean meat (such as rabbit), coupled with a lack ofnutrients and usually otherstressors such as a cold or dryenvironment .
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“You’ll die of what early explorers called ‘rabbit starvation’.”
Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores Michael Le Page 2025
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