LITHOPHAGOUS

lithophagous. Lithophagous, a. eating stones, as an ostrich

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Li‐thoph″a‐gous (?), a. [[Litho- + Gr. � to eat.]] (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.