stercoricolous

British

/ ˌstɜːkəˈrɪkələs /

adjective

(of organisms) living in dung

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Etymology

Origin of stercoricolous

C19: from Latin stercus dung + colere to live

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Here was then, after all, the strong and sure salvation of Philistia, in this quiet, unassuming common-sense, which dealt with the facts of life as facts, the while that the foolish laws, and the academical and stercoricolous nonsense of Philistia, reverberated as remotely and as unheeded as harmless summer thunder.

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