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Lithophagous
Adjective
Definitions
1.
Adjective
Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
"The ostrich is lithophagous."
2.
Adjective
Eating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.
Synonyms
graveliferous
litholatrous
lithic
lithochemical
lithogenic
lithoid
lithomorphic
lithified
lapidarious
stony
antilithic
lithoidal
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