as in dirt
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night
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Noun
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The denizens of Fort Bridger are all covered in dirt and grime.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025 -
Chances are items, possibly returns to stores, shoes, and outerwear have accumulated, along with extra grass, dirt, and dust on the entryway tables and floors.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2025
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With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.—
Brian Otieno,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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In turn, their dung may have fertilized the growth of certain types of algae in the lake and thereby altered the local ecosystem.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
30 Oct. 2024
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Rocks also contribute to soil stability and protect delicate ecosystems.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2025
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June • For camellia, citrus, gardenia, grape and other plants adapted to acidic soil: If leaves are yellowing (chlorotic) between green veins, plants may benefit from foliar or soil application of iron and zinc chelate and mulching.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2025
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Her mother didn't want Dutt to be raised with the stigma of being known as a Dalit of the Bhangi sub-caste, whose people were long compelled to remove excrement from latrine pits.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
15 Dec. 2024
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The poop was exhaustively analyzed by a research team of more than a dozen scientists using advanced techniques, and even a synchrotron particle accelerator, to probe each piece of excrement down to the molecular level.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
27 Nov. 2024
Noun
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To visualize how little exposure that entails, consider that one gram of poop (picture a quarter teaspoon) from a person with norovirus can include billions of viral particles.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
14 Jan. 2025
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Manure management systems in which the manure is stacked in outdoor mounds and exposed to oxygen — as opposed to the poop lagoon systems used by most commercial dairies — largely avoid releasing methane.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
13 Jan. 2025
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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.—
Al Wolter,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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The sophomore scat back was spotted working out with trainers off to the side of Thursday's practice before the team gave the official designation.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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