excreta
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tə noun ( usually used with a plural verb )
excreted matter, as urine, feces, or sweat.
Origin:
1855–60; < Latin excrēta things sifted out or separated, neuter plural of excrētus; see excrete
1855–60; < Latin excrēta things sifted out or separated, neuter plural of excrētus; see excrete
Related forms
ex·cre·tal, adjective
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excreta (ɪkˈskriːtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —pl n | |
| waste matter, such as urine, faeces, or sweat, discharged from the body; excrement | |
| [C19: New Latin, from Latin excernere to | |
| ex'cretal | |
| —adj | |
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Excreta
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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excreta ex·cre·ta (ĭk-skrē'tə)
pl.n.
Waste matter, such as sweat or feces, discharged from the body.
ex·cre'tal adj.
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Example sentences
The males presumably have to process the excreta of the growing embryos and this will include proteins too.
Excreta pans can be flush pans, tilt metabolism pans, or pull pans for a wet system.
Sealed by knotting, it acts as a micro treatment plant to break down the excreta.
Even at the end of the nineteenth century, experts still believed the gruesome myth that human excreta were used in the process.
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