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(zoology) A stone or rock ingested by certain animals and retained in their digestive tract, particularly the gizzard, in order to assist in grinding food or serve other functions like ballast..
Use gastrolith when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gastrolith means (zoology) A stone or rock ingested by certain animals and retained in their digestive tract, particularly the gizzard, in order to assist in grinding food or serve other functions like ballast..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use gastrolith where its definition matches the intended context.
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