lithophagous en · ADJ
Etymology
From litho- + -phagous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
The ostrich is lithophagous.
- (not-comparable) Eating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.