salt lick

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salt lick

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From salt + lick.

noun salt licks · saltlick

A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.
A natural source of such minerals licked by animals.

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noun block of salt

Español	salegar
Français	pierre à lécher
Deutsch	Salzlecke, Leckstein
Русский	лизуне́ц lizunéc

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"salt lick." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/salt%20lick. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{salt_lick_2026,
  title = {salt lick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salt%20lick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}