gastrolith
gastrolith · gastroliths
Gastrolith
A stone or rock ingested by certain animals and retained in their digestive tract,…A stone or rock ingested by certain animals and retained in their digestive tract, particularly the gizzard, in order to assist in grinding food or serve other functions like ballast.
Meaning
1 sensesA stone or rock ingested by certain animals and retained in their digestive tract, particularly the gizzard, in order to assist in grinding food or serve other functions like ballast.
Gastrolith
Translations
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By meaning 1
zoology: rock in digestive tract:
Origin
From gastro- + -lith.From gastro- + -lith.
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Forms
plural: gastroliths| Singular | gastrolith |
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