stone roller

British  

noun

1. a small silvery freshwater cyprinid fish, Campostoma anomalum, of the eastern US, having a narrow black stripe on the dorsal and anal fins

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Etymology

Origin of stone roller

C19: so called because it pushes stones about in building its nest

Example Sentences

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stone roller

I ground the spices to a fine powder with the stone roller and churned the milk carefully.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

For the purpose of grinding it, they use a sort of stone roller, with which it is crushed, and rolled into a bowl placed below the stone.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)

A large stone roller was run over a flat stone.

From Stories of American Life and Adventure by Eggleston, Edward

In Betūl the couple go seven times round a slab on which a stone roller is placed, with their clothes knotted together and holding in their hands a lighted lamp.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

In a field beyond, a small donkey was drawing a stone roller three feet long and one foot in diameter, firming the crests of narrow, sharp, recently formed ridges, two at a time.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)