stercoraceous

[ stur-kuh-rey-shuhs ]

/ ˌstɜr kəˈreɪ ʃəs /

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adjective Physiology.

consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.

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Also ster·co·rous

[stur-ker-uhs]. /ˈstɜr kər əs/.

Origin of stercoraceous

1725–35; <Latin stercor- (stem of stercus) dung + -aceous

Words nearby stercoraceous

-ster, steradian, sterco-, stercobilin, stercolith, stercoraceous, stercoraceous vomiting, stercoral abscess, stercoral fistula, stercoral ulcer, stercoricolous

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How to use stercoraceous in a sentence

The stools were mucous, not stercoraceous, and with traces of blood.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
At times the horse laughter is even slightly flavored with the stercoraceous smell of the stable.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2)|Wiliam Cabell Bruce
But the dwarf undertaker does not on that account scorn stercoraceous fare: he feasts upon it like the other Onthophagi.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles|Jean Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for stercoraceous

stercoraceous

/ (ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs) /

adjective

of, relating to, or consisting of dung or excrement

Word Origin for stercoraceous

C18: from Latin stercus dung + -aceous

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Medical definitions for stercoraceous

stercoraceous

[ stûr′kə-rā′shəs ]

adj.

Relating to or containing feces.