Thesaurus results for COPROLITE

coprolite

noun

Definition of coprolite

as in dung

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Recent Examples of coprolite 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 This single piece of very old poop would later turn into a very large collection of coprolites. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for coprolite

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Noun

When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.

— Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026

Definition of dung

Noun

The intense, carrion-like odor of the slime attracts insects, which then eat the slime and excrete it, with the spores later germinating in the excrement.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
Nutrient inputs include decaying leaf litter and bird excrement that are deposited in the pool directly, along with fertilizer runoff and sewage, which enters the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026

Definition of excrement

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How to avoid catching a diarrhea-causing parasite Cyclosporiasis is transmitted via a fecal-oral route, meaning contact with foods, drinks and surfaces contaminated with infected poop particles.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Instead, cyclosporiasis spreads by eating food and drinking water contaminated with poop.

— Michelle Marchante July 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 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

Promising new studies are beginning to identify what cats eat by analyzing the DNA found in their stomachs and scat.

— Christopher A. Lepczyk, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Amaroq Weiss, the organization’s senior wolf advocate, welcomed the peer-review process for the scat and cortisol studies.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of scat

Noun

Mouse poop is usually left in a trail along the rodent's path, while guano is found in piles under roosting spots.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
The accumulation of guano can cause the growth of the histoplasmosis fungus, which can cause severe respiratory problems in humans.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 24 June 2026

Definition of guano

Noun

Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus from synthetic fertilizers and cow manure are then carried into the river by water and sediment runoff.

— Hannah Smith Updated July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
This is the regenerative cycle that mimics the way ecosystems are designed to work–Organic food to organic manure to organic soil.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of manure

Noun

Alford also commented on the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the long-standing interpretation that anyone born on American soil is an American citizen.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
German rockets launching from Canadian soil may be a bridge to that until Canadian companies can develop their own boosters.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026

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