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excrement

[ek´skrĕ-ment]

1. feces.

2. excretion (def. 2).

ex·cre·ment

(eks'krĕ-ment),

Waste matter or any excretion cast out of the body; for example, feces.

[L. ex- cerno, pp. -cretus, to separate]

ex·cre·ment

coprophobia.

excrement

/ex·cre·ment/ (eks´krĭ-mint)

1. feces.

2. excretion (2).

excrement

(ĕk′skrə-mənt)

Waste material, especially fecal matter, that is expelled from the body after digestion.

ex′cre·men′tal (-mĕn′tl), ex′cre·men·ti′tious (-mĕn-tĭsh′əs) adj.

excrement

[eks′krəment]

any waste matter, particularly feces, discharged from the body.

ex·cre·ment

(eks'krĕ-mĕnt)

Waste matter or any excretion cast out of the body; e.g., feces.

[L. ex-cerno, pp. -cretus, to separate]

ex·cre·ment

(eks'krĕ-mĕnt)

Waste matter cast out of the body; e.g., feces.

[L. ex-cerno, pp. -cretus, to separate]

excrement

fecal matter; matter cast out as waste from the body.

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General secretary Mick Cash said yesterday: "It shames Britain's railways that tons of human excrement is being dumped straight on the tracks while the private train companies make huge profits and the Government does nothing.

STEAMER TRAINS; So much human waste on tracks workers find tomato plant growing

As one officer turned to get a tea bag, Balmer held out the cup and then threw the contents, described as excrement mixed with other substances, at the officers hitting all four.

DIRTY PROTEST LEADS TO FOUR-MONTH PRISON TERM

But around 2700 years ago, the extra mite remains in the mud suggest that the hills were suddenly alive with large numbers of llamas: a bonanza of llama excrement would have fuelled the mite population boom.

Llama dung, maize revolution behind Inca success in Peruvian Andes

Dogs' excrement was the only substance that could remove the lime from the skin.

People once made use of this waste

Two weeks ago excrement was smeared on his doorstep, taking Mr Williams an hour to clear away.

WALES: Vile yobs plague war veteran, 90; Graffiti is scrawled on his door as elderly 'live in fear'

At 7am, the walls were found to be strewn with excrement.

Cell vandal up in court

I contacted Yorkshire Water, expecting them to sort out the sewer and shift the excrement.

Sewage stream sparks outrage; 'It was like going back to the Middle Ages'

Some letters were accompanied with graphic photographs of blood and excrement running in the gutters and covering the road and pavement.

Gore shocks floral judges; HALAL MEAT: Blood on street halts tour of inspection

In particular, I note his point about people referring to horse excrement as "manure" and that of dogs as "muck".

Equine choice

The floor was covered by what one officer described as a 'moon landscape' of trodden down cat litter and excrement,' Mr Sutton said.

Elderly woman kept 75 cats in dirty home

Linke captures the equilibrium between finite and infinite, matter and spirit, excrement and transcendence.

Armin Linke: Galleria Marabini. (Bologna)

He tells the story of lifting an old board and finding a scorpion, centipedes, and other life flourishing "in this cellular dirt/&calligraphy of excrement.

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