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lithophagous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lithophagous
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.

adj

Eating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From litho- + -phagous.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

pholad borings

Frequently Paired Words

lithophagy gastrolith Lithodomus pholad borings

Questions

What does lithophagous mean?
Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
Where does lithophagous come from?
From litho- + -phagous.

How to pronounce lithophagous

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