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lithophagous

lithophagous adjective: eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.

Adjective

lithophagous (not comparable)

  1. Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
    • The ostrich is lithophagous.
  2. Eating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.

lithophagous meaning in Tamil

lithophagous in Tamil

கல்லுண்ணுகின்ற, கல்லுண்ணுமியல்புடைய

Origin of lithophagous

From litho- + -phagous.

Questions about lithophagous

What does lithophagous mean?
Lithophagous means eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
What is lithophagous in Tamil?
Lithophagous in Tamil is கல்லுண்ணுகின்ற, கல்லுண்ணுமியல்புடைய. See Lithophagous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lithophagous?
Lithophagous is an adjective.

Words near lithophagous in the dictionary

  1. lithopedion
  2. lithopedions
  3. lithopelagophil
  4. lithophagine
  5. lithophagines
  6. lithophagous
  7. lithophagy
  8. lithophane
  9. lithophanes
  10. lithophany
  11. lithophile

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