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coprolite

noun

Definition of coprolite

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

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Noun

During the first re-inspection, the inspector saw about 10 pieces of rodent dung under the air-conditioning unit, seven in the hallway by the back door and three under storage by the hallway bathroom.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of dung

Noun

Remember, without the suction and sealing, poop and pee would simply float around the bathroom.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
As gamers await the release of Grand Theft Auto VI next month, South Park once again took aim at the upcoming game, this time armed with dog poop.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of poop

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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
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

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Whisper, another rescue dog with Rogue Detection Teams, rolled around enthusiastically with her rope toy in the courtyard after successfully identifying some scat.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Sproles was a classic scat-back who had more catches than carries in three years in New Orleans.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of scat

Noun

The mid-19th century had seen a massive increase in the use of nitrogen-rich guano in fertilizer and gunpowder, and the demand for this commodity would fuel a wave of American expansion throughout the Pacific.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of guano

Noun

Changes in Maryland’s climate also have affected her farm, inspiring her and Dear to embrace organic farming practices, including fermenting wood chips into manure rather than using fertilizer.

— Tinashe Chingarande, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2026
The funds have gone to programs and projects to restore wetlands, expand natural buffers around fields, shore up rural roads against erosion, upgrade stormwater drains and improve manure storage on dairy farms.

— Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of manure

Noun

Kyiv has claimed responsibility for some attacks on Russian soil.

— Harriet Morris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
The design of the bracing needs to take into account the kind of soil in the area, as well as the weight of the neighboring building and that building’s foundation.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026

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