alimentation
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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Only the hunters introduce some variety in their alimentation, by eating the meat of wild sheep, eagles or pheasants, which are very common in this country.
From The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery by Nicolas Notovitch
For this reason many new trees spring up in groups, obtaining their first alimentation from the dissolution of the corpse.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
Owing to the peculiar alimentation systems of Gnome type engines, atomized gasoline mixed with air is drawn through the hollow stationary crank-shaft directly into the crank-case which it fills on the way to the cylinders.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
Like the respiration, the alimentation ought to be watched by the singer.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
