English Explanatory Dictionary

gastrolith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

gastrolith gastroliths

Etymology

From gastro- + -lith.

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