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This week's theme Words made using combining forms. This week's words orthography coprolite iatrogenic misoneism callipygian A coprolite of a carnivorous dinosaur, found in Saskatchewan, Canada. (actual size: about 1 foot) (Photo: US Geological Survey) Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg coprolite PRONUNCIATION: (KOP-ruh-lyte) MEANING: noun: Fossilized excrement. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek kopro- (dung) + -lite (stone), from lithos (stone). USAGE: "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. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. -Norman Douglas, novelist (1868-1952)

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