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Definition of Lithophagous

1. a. Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.

Definition of Lithophagous

1. Adjective. (zoology) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel. ¹

2. Adjective. (zoology) Eating or destroying stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lithophagous

1. Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. 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. Origin: Litho- + Gr. To eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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