as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
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Recent Examples of excrement
The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Bedbug excrement appears as black spots on bedding or furniture.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Back in the ninth and 10th centuries, Nordic travelers started using farm animal excrement as a replacement for firewood when resources grew scarce.
—Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
Jess Thomson Science Reporter Two men have died in New York after attempting to grow cannabis in bat excrement.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
Bedbug excrement appears as black spots on bedding or furniture.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Back in the ninth and 10th centuries, Nordic travelers started using farm animal excrement as a replacement for firewood when resources grew scarce.
—Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
Jess Thomson Science Reporter Two men have died in New York after attempting to grow cannabis in bat excrement.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excrement
Noun
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The dung heap is being dismantled by a scrum of hermit crabs.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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Herbicides can harm the important beneficial microorganisms that make your soil a healthy environment for plants’ roots.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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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
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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
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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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