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frass

[fras]

noun

  1. insect excrement.



frass

/ fræs /

noun

  1. excrement or other refuse left by insects and insect larvae

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frass1

1850–55; originally, the refuse and excrement of boring or leaf-eating insects < German Frass insect damage, corrosion, noun from base of fressen to eat (of animals); fress, fret 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frass1

C19: from German, from fressen to devour

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