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Definition of "coprolite" []

  • Fossilized excrement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coprolite" in a sentence
  • "The fossilized dino dung, called coprolite, made its way to"
  • "I just looked at the link to the Arizona Daily Star that Steve had in his last post that had this great picture of Dr. Paul Martin holding a Pleistocene Ground Sloth - "coprolite" is the proper term - and thought it deserved a post of its own."
  • "Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal right, coprolite fossilized dinosaur feces."
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