noun
Meaning 1
A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coprolite
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kŏp′rə-lītˈ
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒprəˌlaɪt/
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General-American: /ˈkɑprəˌlaɪt/
noun
Meaning 2
fossil excrement; petrified dung
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: droppings, dung, muck
History
Etymology
From copro- + -lite.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: copròlit — fossilized excrement
- Finnish: koproliitti — fossilized excrement
- French: coprolithe — fossilized excrement
- Galician: coprólito — fossilized excrement
- German: Koprolith — fossilized excrement
- German: Kotstein — fossilized excrement
- German: Darmstein — fossilized excrement
- German: fossilierte Exkremente — fossilized excrement
- Italian: coprolite — fossilized excrement
- Polish: koprolit — fossilized excrement
- Portuguese: coprólito — fossilized excrement
- Spanish: coprolito — fossilized excrement
- Swedish: koprolit — fossilized excrement
- Volapük: jiedotaston — fossilized excrement