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 of dung Ancient Egyptians saw some scarabs as representations of new life because the insects are known for rolling balls of dung and then laying their eggs in them, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 Their young would then hatch from these balls of dung. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025 Another 18 dung dots decorated the cabinets, floors and shelves. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 The Hold, its halls bereft of the zealots, liars, and dung-eating murderers who haunt it in Elden Ring, feels empty and perfunctory. Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dung
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Noun
  • Source: University of Manchester Graphic: Renée Rigdon, CNN Aspergillus fungi grow like small filaments in soils all over the world.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • Herbicides can harm the important beneficial microorganisms that make your soil a healthy environment for plants’ roots.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Unexpected grave goods The dirt block went through CT scans and X-rays at the University of Bradford before being sent to the York Archaeological Trust for a deeper analysis in November.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
  • Every day, as my colleague Thomas Curwen described it a few years ago, the big rigs take a shortcut through a small Wilmington neighborhood, sending out dirt and noise and diesel fumes.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
  • My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dung. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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