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dung

noun as in excrement

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They could wash off cow dung, forget a yell that had no meaning.

Private parts, be they of ducks, damselflies or dung beetles, turn out to have evolved novel forms at breakneck speeds.

Rhino tend to stick close to their “middens”—dung piles—and this predictably makes them even more vulnerable.

Dung is to Ofili what beds are to Tracey Emin or formaldehyde is to Damien Hirst.

The man is uncivil and impolitic, rough-hewn enough for leather fringe and dung-crusted boots.

Bran or horse-dung inside was a good thing as a stop-gap, though it added not to the strength of the boiler.

It is likewise formed daring the decay of animal and vegetable matters, and is consequently evolved from dung and compost heaps.

Well rotten dung, which had been kept in the manure heap upwards of six months.

Pigeons' dung, according to Boussingault, contains 8·3 per cent of nitrogen, equivalent to 10·0 of ammonia.

They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dung, such as: droppings, feces, manure, poop, crap, and fertilizer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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