Gastrolith

/ˈɡæstroʊˌlɪθ/ noun

Definition

A stone swallowed by an animal and held in its stomach to help grind and digest food, like teeth inside the belly.

Etymology

From gastro- (Greek gaster, 'stomach') + -lith (Greek lithos, 'stone'). This term describes the actual stones found in dinosaur and modern animal digestive systems.

Kelly Says

Paleontologists find gastroliths in dinosaur fossils and know exactly which rocks these creatures deliberately swallowed—it's like finding a dinosaur's digestive aids fossilized for millions of years!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
ARالعربية
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
BNবাংলা
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
CACatalà
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
CSČeština
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
DADansk
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
DEDeutsch
Gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
ELΕλληνικά
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
ESEspañol
gastrolitio
gas-troh-lee-thee-oh
FAفارسی
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
FISuomi
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
FRFrançais
gastrolite
gas-troh-leet
GUGU
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
HAHA
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
HEעברית
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
HIहिन्दी
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
HUMagyar
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
IDBahasa Indonesia
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
IGIG
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
ITItaliano
gastrolite
gas-troh-leet
JA日本語
胃石
i-seki
KKKK
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
KMKM
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
KO한국어
위석
wi-seok
MRMR
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
MSBahasa Melayu
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
MYမြန်မာ
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
NLNederlands
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
NONorsk
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
PAPA
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
PLPolski
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
PTPortuguês
gastrolite
gas-troh-leet
RORomână
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
RUРусский
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
SVSvenska
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
SWKiswahili
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
TAதமிழ்
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
TEతెలుగు
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
THไทย
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
TLTL
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
TRTürkçe
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
UKУкраїнська
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
URاردو
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
VITiếng Việt
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
YOYO
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith
ZH中文
胃石
wèishí
ZUZU
gastrolith
gas-troh-lith

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