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consummatory behavior

noun Ethology.

a behavior pattern that occurs in response to a stimulus and that achieves the satisfaction of a specific drive, as the eating of captured prey by a hungry predator (distinguished from appetitive behavior).

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Nearby words

  1. consuming,
  2. consummate,
  3. consummated,
  4. consummately,
  5. consummation,
  6. consummatory behaviour,
  7. consumption,
  8. consumption coagulopathy,
  9. consumption goods,
  10. consumption tax

Origin of consummatory behavior

First recorded in 1905–10
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