"mineral lick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mineral licks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mineral lick (plural mineral licks)
  1. A block of salt enriched with minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.
    Sense id: en-mineral_lick-en-noun-hZo3uI4V
  2. A natural source of such minerals licked by wild animals.
    Sense id: en-mineral_lick-en-noun-0Ia6Oxvg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: salt lick

Inflected forms

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