Main Entry:

sca·tol·o·gy

Pronunciation:

\ska-ˈtä-lə-jē, skə-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Greek skat-, skōr excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin muscerdae mouse droppings

Date:

1876

1 : interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature 2 : the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)

— scat·o·log·i·cal \ˌska-t^əl-ˈä-ji-kəl\ adjective