lithophagous

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adjective

Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.

“The ostrich is lithophagous.”

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Meanings

adjectivelithophagous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyEating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.

    The ostrich is lithophagous.

  2. not comparablebiologyEating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.

Origin

From litho- + -phagous.

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APA

lithophagous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithophagous

MLA

“lithophagous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithophagous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lithophagous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lithophagous.

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