# lithophagous

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, often as an aid to digestion.
2. Eating, destroying, or burrowing into stone, like some mollusks, sponges, annelids, and sea urchins.

## Etymology
From litho- + -phagous.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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