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LITHOPHAGOUS
Etymology
Adjective
lithophagous (not comparable)
(zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel.
(zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.
Source: Wiktionary
Li*thoph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Litho- + Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. (b) Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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