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DROPPINGS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fecal matter of animals

Synonyms:

droppings; dung; muck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("droppings" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "droppings"):

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)

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