dung

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Her neighbour, 45-year-old Munni Bai, who has asthma, had switched to using an electric cooker as well as biogas from cow dung, to help her breathing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Of particular concern are dung-feeding insects such as flies, dung beetles, and some butterflies.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

"I remember standing in my cowshed and saying to my wife 'one day I'm going to work for the Queen' and we were surrounded by cow dung and stalls."

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

The air was hot and humid, pungent with the odors of sweaty wool, sawdust, and animal dung.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros