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Coprolite Kop Ruh Lahyt Noun Fossilized Animal Dung Greek Kopro

Front coprolite \KOP-ruh-lahyt\
Back noun
Fossilized animal dung.

[From Greek kopro- (dung) + -lite (stone), from lithos (stone).]

"Visitors to the centre can see genuine mineralised Viking excrement on permanent display. The coprolite was discovered in 1972." - Unusual 'Display'; Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph (UK); Jun 19, 2008.

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