lithophage
litɔfaʒ
Definition Synonyms
Definition of lithophage - Reverso French Dictionary
Noun, masculine
faune côtièreTECH. bivalve qui fore la roche, appelé aussi datte de merTECH.
- On trouve ce lithophage dans les falaises calcaires près du rivage.
Adjective
mollusqueTECH. qui creuse ou ronge la pierre pour y faire son habitatTECH.
- Les moules lithophages percent la roche calcaire des côtes.
Origin of lithophage
grec, litho- (pierre) + -phage (mangeur)
Examples of lithophage in a sentence
Les pêcheurs surveillent la présence de lithophages dans la zone protégée. Certaines espèces lithophages fragilisent les digues en rongeant les blocs de granit. La présence de bivalves lithophages accélère l’érosion des falaises côtières.
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- English:date mussel, stone-boring, ...
- German:Bohrmuschel, steinbohrend, ...
- Italian:dattero di mare, litofago, ...
- Spanish:litófago, ...
- Portuguese:dátil-do-mar, lithófago, ...
- Chinese:海枣贝, 钻石的, ...
- Japanese:岩を穿つ二枚貝, 石穿性の, ...
- Arabic:رَخَوِيّ ذُو صَدَفَتَيْن يَحْفِر أَجْسَام الصُّخُور وَيَعِيش فِي الجُرُف القِصْلِيَّة قُرْب السَّاحِل, آكِل الحَجَر, ...
- Hebrew:רְכִיכַת סֶלַע, לִיתּוֹפָגִי, ...
- Russian:фолада, литофаг, ...
- Ukrainian:морський фінік, камінеруйнівний, ...
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