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Recent Examples of coprolite
As previously reported, coprolites aren't quite the same as paleofeces, which retain a lot of organic components that can be reconstituted and analyzed for chemical properties.
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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
This single piece of very old poop would later turn into a very large collection of coprolites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
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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
This single piece of very old poop would later turn into a very large collection of coprolites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
Noun
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Rodents left dung pieces in the bun storage area (over 25); dry storage shelves (over 10); the front counter cabinet where the soda machine equipment is (over 10); and behind the air conditioning unit on the second floor (over 20).—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sheep’s wool is also highly damaging to vital river systems, as excrement from the UK’s 31 million sheep and chemical sheep dips run into waterways, causing suffocating eutrophication.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Manure from cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep all beat your poop.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Even inland areas can contribute to the problem, especially when the poop is on asphalt or concrete, where there are no microbes to absorb the waste.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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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
Noun
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If not, then the scat might be from neighborhood dogs.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Teig came upon piles of green scat, a telltale sign that an animal was close by.—
Devon O’Neil,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Guano Point viewpoint is named for miners who tried to remove nitrogen-rich bat guano from a nearby cave discovered in 1930.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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He was jolted out of his reverie by a whiff of guano in the breeze.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, the purification and refining process works with many types of biowaste, notably food, sewage sludge, algal bloom, swine manure, and agricultural residue.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Her year-round process includes cleaning up the old vines, planting cover crops to protect the soil, running tests and spreading manure to prepare the patch for spring.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Chestnut trees hold soil, resist erosion, and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.—
Todd Plummer,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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Plant the bulbs in rich, well-draining, slightly acidic soil in a garden space that gets full sun.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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