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stools

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plural of stool

as in feces

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Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a local Vietnamese restaurant after finding approximately 330 rodent droppings throughout the facility including in the front cabinets and under the register.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
As wildlife biologist Christina Aiello searches for droppings of bighorn sheep, which are relatively abundant, the dog duo from Rogue Detection Teams will sniff out harder-to-find bobcat and mountain lion scat.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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