as in soil
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
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Recent Examples of dung
The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of coprolites, or bits of fossilized dung.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
And the quality and quantity of vegetation and soil conditions did not significantly vary between areas with and without cattle dung.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
Known as mega herbivores that mow the parks and create inroads for other herbivores, rhinos are also good for establishing forests by ingesting seeds and spreading them across the parks in their dung.
—arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Students add cow dung to food scraps from class and the school cafeteria to create compost that builds soil for the gardens.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
And the quality and quantity of vegetation and soil conditions did not significantly vary between areas with and without cattle dung.
—Bygeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
Known as mega herbivores that mow the parks and create inroads for other herbivores, rhinos are also good for establishing forests by ingesting seeds and spreading them across the parks in their dung.
—arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Students add cow dung to food scraps from class and the school cafeteria to create compost that builds soil for the gardens.
—Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dung
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Over four decades later, new soil samples taken from the same regions still indicated a better fungi and bacteria presence than the areas that did not host gophers.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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With ongoing geopolitical tensions and the conflict in Ukraine fueling these detentions, the future for those arrested on Russian soil appears increasingly uncertain.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Carpets are a home’s No.1 dirt trap and need thorough regular vacuuming.Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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As for the frequency, cleaning them after each workout is ideal—especially if your earbuds come in contact with sweat, sunscreen, or dirt.Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
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This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dung. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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