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Definition of Gastrolith
1. n. See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
Definition of Gastrolith
1. Noun. (context: zoology) rocks which are or have been held inside the digestive tract of an animal to aid in buoyancy or food processing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gastrolith
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gastrolith
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrolith
Literary usage of Gastrolith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Zoology: Illustrated by the Crayfish by Thomas Henry Huxley (1891)
"When the outer wall is cut through, it is readily detached from the convex outer
surface of the gastrolith, with which it is in close contact. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The gastrolith, a discoidal stony mass, interposed between the cellular and
cuticular layers of the anterior cardiac wall. ..."
3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1896)
"43) shows how the gastrolith is developed. The cuticular epithelium is ...
The condition of the gastrolith at this stage bears a resemblance to that which ..."
4. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"Assuming the problem of the gastrolith to be similar in both lobster and ...
If it could be experimentally shown that the gastrolith is essential to life ..."
5. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"During the development of the gastrolith the papilla becomes more prominent and
changes its shape. ..."
6. An Introduction to the Study of Zoology: Illustrated by the Crayfish by Thomas Henry Huxley (1891)
"When the outer wall is cut through, it is readily detached from the convex outer
surface of the gastrolith, with which it is in close contact. ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The gastrolith, a discoidal stony mass, interposed between the cellular and
cuticular layers of the anterior cardiac wall. ..."
8. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1896)
"43) shows how the gastrolith is developed. The cuticular epithelium is ...
The condition of the gastrolith at this stage bears a resemblance to that which ..."
9. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"Assuming the problem of the gastrolith to be similar in both lobster and ...
If it could be experimentally shown that the gastrolith is essential to life ..."
10. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"During the development of the gastrolith the papilla becomes more prominent and
changes its shape. ..."
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