coprolite

noun

Definition of coprolitenext
as in dung

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Recent Examples of coprolite The team also tracked down a second upland moa coprolite that was housed in a museum. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025 The size and shape of coprolites can also yield useful insights. — Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024 The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals. — Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024 Certain foodstuffs in the coprolites were surprisingly undigested. — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for coprolite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
  1. dung
  2. excrement
  3. poop
  4. ordure
  5. scat
  6. guano
  7. manure
  8. soil
Noun
  • In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Last December at the Ichimi in Coral Gables, an inspector counted 500 pieces of roach excrement.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Police also said there was dog excrement in both of the children’s bedrooms, according to the documents.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • Such is the Hermès commitment to authenticity that the poop was sourced directly from the unit.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Another eight poop pieces were behind the front counter, on the floor around reach-in coolers and cabinets.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of poop
Noun
  • On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.
    — Curbed, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
  • My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022
Definition of ordure
Noun
  • The researchers also note any other signs of bear activity in the area, such as footprints, scat or a sighting of a live bear.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Amaroq Weiss, senior wolf advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity, questioned the methodology, saying researchers collected scat only along roads and trails while excluding brushy areas where wolves may eat smaller prey.
    — Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of scat
Noun
  • Ocean-going seabirds feed at sea, return to the cliffs to breed, their guano transporting marine nutrients onto land and fertilizing the ground below.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Walker runs the Species-from-Feces project, an initiative that invites the public to submit samples of bat guano from around the world to learn more about their bat neighbors.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of guano
Noun
  • Cattle manure from a Nebraska feedlot is set to become a source of renewable natural gas under a project that could also support fuel production for ships.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Mixing in compost or aged manure improves water retention and nutrient availability.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • The vigils, which drew tens of thousands of people a year, were the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of the Tiananmen crackdown, discussion of which is heavily censored in mainland China.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In the panicked days after the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil, New Yorkers agreed that their city had changed forever.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of soil

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