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dung

noun

ˈdəŋ

as in soil

solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung

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Recent Examples on the Web Nearly two billion people still rely on wood and dung for heating and cooking. —

Michael Shellenberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017 Their dung fertilized the ground, and their grazing promoted carbon sequestration in the soil. —

Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 July 2024 In 1999, then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to terminate the Brooklyn Museum’s lease for displaying a Chris Ofili portrait of the Virgin Mary stained with elephant dung. —

Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 3 July 2024 In exchange, megafauna trampled, ate and otherwise deterred the grasses’ main botanical competitors, such as shrubs and trees, and fertilized the fields with their copious dung. —

Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dung

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