feces
noun/ˈfiːsiːz/
Etymology From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.
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Canada, US Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
- We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.2011 June 21, Kay E. Holekamp, “Why Study Hyenas?”, in The New York Times:
- Synonyms
58 terms
boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, bowel movement, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap, crud, danna, dejection, dirt, do do, doo-doo, doody, dook, dookie, dooky, droppings, dump, dumplings, dung, Eartha, Eartha Kitt, excrement, faeces, faex, fecal matter, feces, flop, fudge, gong, ish, jobby, merd, muck, nature, number two, ordure, poo, pooh, poop, poopie, poo-poo, poopy, pure, purging, scat, sharn, shit, shite, soil, stool, thost, tom tit, turd, waste- Derived terms
- paleofeces, pseudofeces
- Related terms
- cecotrope, defecate, faecal, faex, fecal, feceate, feculence, feculent, anus, defecation, trash
- Hyponyms
- dingleberry, guano, log, manure, night soil, pile of shit, spoor, steamer