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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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The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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By examining the whales' excrement, the scientists who work with Eba can try to identify ways for the orcas to rebound.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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The disposal of human excrement is not a new issue.—
NPR,
NPR,
19 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Several people stepped in the poop and tracked it on the driveway and in my garage.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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After saying his goodbyes, Dunk picks up Arlan’s sword in the shining sun and has a hero moment worthy of Jon Snow or Jaime Lannister — but then gets a queasy stomach and explosively poops behind a tree.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2026
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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More recent studies of urban coyote scat indicate that in most cities the percentage of trash, pet food, and other human food actually comes in at only about 2 percent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In the 19th century, guano miners razed the place, removing most of the topsoil and leaving behind barren rock.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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Treated Straw, Hay and Turfgrass Be selective about offers of free products like community mulches or used livestock bedding and manure from area farms.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
1 Feb. 2026
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This is a fresh pile of marketing manure.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Only water when the top layer of soil is dry, and never let puddles sit in the saucer.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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And as the Olympics return to American soil in 2002, Kidd joined Meet the Press to reflect on what that moment meant.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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