excrementitious
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- excrementally adverb
- excrementitiously adverb
Etymology
Origin of excrementitious
Example Sentences
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How do drains affect the excrementitious matter of plants?
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
A large quantity of morbific or excrementitious matter is thrown off from the system through the surfaces between the cleft.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Peristalsis has, therefore, to overcome the sluggish movement of the excrementitious material, which usually does not contain as much liquid as would make its movement easy and normal.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
It then became their custom to take a large dose of epsom salts on Saturday night and spend most of the day on Sunday getting rid of the accumulated excrementitious material of the whole week.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
That is, every pound of dry matter in the food eaten by the horse yields a little over 2 lb. of excrementitious matter.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
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