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Stercoraceous

Stercoraceous \Ster`co*ra"ceous\, a. [L. stercus, -oris, dung.] Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stercoraceous

"consisting of or pertaining to feces," 1731, from Latin stercus (genitive stercoris) "dung" (from metathesized form of PIE *skert-, extended form of root *sker- (4) "excrement, dung") + -aceous.

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stercoraceous

a. Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.

Usage examples of "stercoraceous".

Relief was prompt, and the removal of the foreign body was followed by the issue of stercoraceous matter which had accumulated the six days it had remained in situ.