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feces

nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈfiːsiːz//

Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

Etymology

From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

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