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Lithophagous
Li-thoph′a-gous
,Adj.
[
Litho-
+ Gr. [GREEK] to eat.] (Zool.)
(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
.