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faeces

Definitions of faeces
  1. noun
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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    types:
    dog do, dog turd, doggy do
    fecal droppings from a dog
    droppings, dung, muck
    fecal matter of animals
    meconium
    thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
    melaena, melena
    abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
    buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung
    a piece of dried bovine dung
    coprolite
    fossil excrement; petrified dung
    pigeon droppings
    droppings of pigeons
    cow pie, cowpie
    fecal matter of a cow
    type of:
    body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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