feces
Americannoun
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waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
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dregs; sediment.
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of feces
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (plural of faex )
Example Sentences
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People most often contract toxoplasmosis by eating undercooked meat or coming into contact with contaminated soil or cat feces.
From Science Daily
Transmission most often occurs when people or pets ingest food or water contaminated with raccoon feces.
From Los Angeles Times
All three parasites spread through poor sanitation, typically when food, water, or hands are contaminated with human feces.
From Science Daily
Higher in the mountains, the evidence of BTAZ’s grazing was even clearer: swaths of ground chewed and trampled bare, discarded plastic piping, cow feces and bones in an unfenced creek.
From Salon
Of his first brush with gross anatomy: “One scene with people carrying legs over their shoulders to the sink to wash out the feces just turned my stomach, and I was done.”
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