droppings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Typically spread through exposure to infected rodents’ urine and droppings, it’s notoriously difficult to diagnose and has no specified antiviral treatment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The variant of the hantavirus suspected in both outbreaks is transmitted through the droppings, saliva and urine of the Andean mouse.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
It typically spreads from rodents through dried urine and droppings.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Hantaviruses mostly cause infections in people who are at high risk of exposure to the droppings, saliva and urine of infected rodents or contaminated dust.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
There, in the exact place where I had been sitting, he had left his mark—his droppings.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
