coprolite

noun

Definition of coprolitenext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
  1. dung
  2. excrement
  3. poop
  4. ordure
  5. scat
  6. guano
  7. manure
  8. soil
Noun
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Realizing they are being had, Cubans respond to their government on the chat with emojis of excrement or the US flag.
    — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • Nuisance complaints about geese are generally the same across states, with their poop being the most common.
    — Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • There was one more poop piece on the floor by the pizza dough machine.
    — David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 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
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of scat
Noun
  • The image above shows pinkish-orange guano staining large sections of some of the Danger Islands, Heroína Island and Beagle Island.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 July 2026
  • From the 1860s onward, American companies transformed Navassa into an industrial mining colony that supplied guano to farms throughout the eastern United States.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of guano
Noun
  • Enrich soils and old planting sites with garden soils, organic matter and composted manure.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
  • So, incorporate compost or manure to both improve drainage and boost nutrient levels.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 31 July 2026
Definition of manure
Noun
  • Periwinkle prefers a temperate climate and needs a soil with a good amount of compost.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Although each vineyard has its own unique soils, exposures, and water availability, the sibling regions are simply two different appellations cultivating the same grape.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of soil

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