coprolite
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈkɒpɹə(ʊ)lʌɪt/
Noun

coprolite (plural coprolites)

  1. 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.
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