Coproliteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From copro- +‎ -lite.

発音

• enPR: kŏp′rə-lītˈ
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒprəˌlaɪt/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑprəˌlaɪt/

名詞

coprolite (plural coprolites)

1. A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
   • 2000 September 7, Henry Gee, “Eating people - is it bad taste?”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 May 2014:

     This coprolite (the technical term for palaeo-poo) has yielded much to modern scrutiny. First, it is completely devoid of plant matter, including the corn and other plants that the Anasazi Pueblo people of the region lived on.

   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything:

     Almost inevitably, he became the leading authority on coprolites – fossilized faeces – and had a table made entirely out of his collection of specimens.

   • 2018 April 4, Hanneke Meijer, “On fossil poo and picky eaters: a new study sheds light on New Zealand's past ecosystem”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 4 April 2018:

     Analyses of the DNA fragments preserved in the moa and kakapo coprolites showed that moa and kakapo fed on fungi.

派生語

アナグラム

• elotropic