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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lithodomus \Li*thod"o*mus\, noun [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}.
Note: 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.
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