Entry: coprolite (n.)
In context: "'You've seen the coprolite placque in Tavis's office.'"
Definition: A stony roundish fossil, consisting (or supposed to consist) of the petrified excrement of an animal.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 572
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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