excreta
excreta
Definition
ex·creta (eks krēt′ə)
waste matter excreted from the body, as sweat or urine
Etymology: L, neut. pl. of excretus
ex·cre′·tal adjective
excreta
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- bird: Seedlings have been raised from the excreta of various birds including the house sparrow.
Converse of object
- eat: These hellraisers ride around in South America on the backs of snails, eating the excreta their ambling mounts produce.
Adjective modifier
- animal: The Committee considered options for disposal of animal excreta from experimentally infected cattle.
- human: It was an era of cess pools and human excreta all round.
- own: Please note that a dog cannot clean up its own excreta, that is the job of its owner or the council.
- contaminated: Up to 20 % of salmonella-free pigs are infected during transport and at the abattoir lairage from contaminated excreta ( 57 ).
Modifies a noun
- disposal: Many aid agencies are aware of these facts and wish to give a greater emphasis to excreta disposal.
- pile: Excreta piles up behind them as they lie immobilized.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near excreta
- excrescent
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- excommunication
- excommunicate
- excogitate
- exclusivity
- exclusively
- excrete
- excretion
- excretory
- excruciate
- excruciating
- exculpate
- excurrent
- excursion
- excursionist
- excursive
