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coprolites

coprolites is the plural of coprolite.

Meaning of coprolite

Noun

coprolite (plural coprolites)

  1. A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
    • This coprolite (the technical term for palaeo-poo) has yielded much to modern scrutiny. First, it is completely devoid of plant matter, including the corn and other plants that the Anasazi Pueblo people of the region lived on.2000 September 7, Henry Gee, “Eating people - is it bad taste?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 May 2014

Questions about coprolites

What is coprolites the plural of?
Coprolites is the plural of coprolite.

Words near coprolites in the dictionary

  1. coprolaliacs
  2. coprolalias
  3. coprolalic
  4. coprolalomania
  5. coprolite
  6. coprolites
  7. coprolith
  8. coproliths
  9. coprolitic
  10. coprological
  11. coprologically

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