请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 gastrolith
释义

gastrolith

/ˈɡastrə(ʊ)lɪθ /
noun
1 Zoology A small stone swallowed by a bird, reptile, or fish to aid digestion in the gizzard.One of the avian characteristics of the emus is that they also eat small stones (called gastroliths or gizzard stones)....
  • The presence of gastroliths (gizzard stones) in the rib cages of some specimens shows that this view is correct.
  • Such stomach stones or gastroliths have been reported from the gut regions or found nearby of prosauropods, sauropods and ornithopods.
2 Medicine A hard concretion in the stomach.
随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/14 4:33:21