frass

[ fras ]

noun
  1. insect excrement.

Origin of frass

1
1850–55; originally, the refuse and excrement of boring or leaf-eating insects <German Frass insect damage, corrosion, noun from base of fressen to eat (of animals); see fress, fret1

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frass

/ (fræs) /


noun
  1. excrement or other refuse left by insects and insect larvae

Origin of frass

1
C19: from German, from fressen to devour

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