def>A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Litho + bile. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. lithocarpe. ] (Paleon.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lithochromics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. kla^n to break. ] (Surg.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + cyst. ] (Zool.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusæ, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. do`mos house: cf. F. lithodome. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lithodome. ] (Zool.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These holes are at first very small and shallow, but are enlarged with the growth of the shell, sometimes becoming two or three inches deep and nearly an inch diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]