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
Some two billion people lack electricity outright or have poor-quality service, and nearly three billion rely on dirty fuels, such as firewood and animal dung, for cooking and heating.
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Morgan D. Bazilian, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015
The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of coprolites, or bits of fossilized dung.
—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
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Morgan D. Bazilian, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2015
The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of coprolites, or bits of fossilized dung.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dung
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Radon is produced when uranium, a radioactive element, breaks down in soil, rock, and water in the environment.Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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About three dozen countries provide automatic citizenship to people born on their soil, including U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico and most South American countries.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
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The series, co-owned by NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, is carving out its niche within dirt racing.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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That’s thanks to its power trigger and boost mode for added suction to let no bit of dirt or dust escape.Ariel Scotti, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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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
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dung. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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