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coprolite|ˈkɒprəlaɪt|
[mod. f. Gr. κόπρο-ς dung + λίθος stone: see also -ite.]
A stony roundish fossil, consisting (or supposed to consist) of the petrified excrement of an animal.
1829Buckland in Trans. Geol. Soc. (1835) III. 223 On the Discovery of Coprolites, or Fossil Fæces, in the Lias at Lyme Regis, and in other formations. 1870Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 31 As a source of manure, coprolites have become important. |