faeces
Americannoun
plural noun
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Etymology
Origin of faeces
C15: from Latin faecēs , plural of faex sediment, dregs
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Faeces -- either their own, or from other birds -- provides them with essential nutrients, energy, and helps them adapt to new environments and seasonal variations, especially when they are developing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
Faeces in groundwater spread diseases such as encephalitis, an annual post-monsoon scourge in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
From Economist • Jul. 17, 2014
How to Poo on a Date by Mats and Enzo and The Origin of Faeces by David Walter-Toews are among the six books in contention.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2014
How to Poo on a Date offers tips on toilet etiquette during romantic encounters while The Origin of Faeces explains how integral excrement is to biodiversity and global ecosystems.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2014
And then the third Region, if the Faeces be volatile, the Birth will soon come in Balneo.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
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