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单词 gastrolith
释义

gastrolith

noun

gas·​tro·​lith ˈga-strə-ˌlith How to pronounce gastrolith (audio)
: a stone or pebble ingested by an animal and functioning to grind food in gastric digestion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Display cases also hold opalized freshwater crayfish gastroliths, or yabby buttons, which are found only in Lightning Ridge’s opal mines. Michelle Innis, New York Times, 5 July 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

gastrolith

noun

gas·​tro·​lith ˈga-strə-ˌlith How to pronounce gastrolith (audio)
: a gastric calculus
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