excrement
noun
waste matter discharged from the body, especially feces.
excrements
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pluralof excrement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A path blooming with cow patties is likely to be less grueling than one marked only by the dark, nutlike excrements of goats, who can get up anywhere.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
There, old wounds on trilobite shells abound, and fossil excrements, likely produced by trilobites, contain yet more trilobite shells.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
However, I’m placing dog turds at the bottom of my list because I grew up in Rome, where I stepped on excrements more times than I can count.
From The Verge ● May 9, 2018
Our liquid excrements are salty, we can’t drink saltwater.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2016
Describe this manure as compared with the excrements of other animals.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
