coprolite
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈkɒpɹə(ʊ)lʌɪt/
coprolite (plural coprolites)
- A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
- 2018, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 4 April:
- Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.
- 2018, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 4 April:
- French: coprolithe
- German: Koprolith, Kotstein, Darmstein, fossilierte Exkremente
- Spanish: coprolito
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