"tongue stone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tongue stones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tongue stone (plural tongue stones)
  1. A kind of stone of distinctive shape, most of which are now considered to be fossilized shark's teeth.
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