coprolith (koprolith)

[ One of the [NL., pl. of lites. coprophagan (ko-prof'a-gan), n. Coprophagi. Coprophagi (ko-prof'a-ji), n. pl. coprophagus: see coprophagous.] The tumblebugs, dung-beetles, dung-feeding scarabs, or shard-borne beetles; a section of lamellicorn beetles, typified by the sacred beetle ( Scara bæus ) of the Egyptians, and corresponding to the Copridæ (which see). coprophagist (ko-prof'a-jist), n. [ Ascopropha go us + -ist.] An animal that eats dung. But there are real coprophagists or dung-eaters among W. Marshall, Pop. Sci. Mo., XXX. 605. birds.