stercoraceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of stercoraceous
1725–35; < Latin stercor- (stem of stercus ) dung + -aceous
Example Sentences
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But the dwarf undertaker does not on that account scorn stercoraceous fare: he feasts upon it like the other Onthophagi.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Robson reports a case of strangulated hernia in the third month of pregnancy with stercoraceous vomiting.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Relief was prompt, and the removal of the foreign body was followed by the issue of stercoraceous matter which had accumulated the six days it had remained in situ.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The hat of Walter the Doubter falling on a stercoraceous heap of compost, in the rear of the house, began forthwith to vegetate.
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Washington Irving
Wordsworth would never have spoken of "embellished Nature," "embroidered banks," or applied the word "elegant" to a rose, any more than he would have used "lubricity" or "stercoraceous" in verse.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
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