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FECES
Etymology
Noun
feces pl (plural only) (North American)
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.
Usage notes
• This word can be used with plural verbs ("feces have a strong smell") or singular ones ("feces has a strong smell"). Use with plural verbs is more common, especially in Britain, and is the only use recognized by some dictionaries, while others recognize both plural and singular use.
Synonyms
• (discharged animal waste): dung, excrement, faecal matter, caca or guano (of birds or bats only), manure (not used of human faeces)
• night soil, number two (euphemistic)
• doo, poo, poop, boo-boo, and doody (euphemistic or hypocoristic)
• crap, shit, turd, log (vulgar)
• See also feces
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"ces, n. pl.
Definition: dregs; sediment; excrement. See FÆces.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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