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excreta Definition

ex·creta (eks krētə)

waste matter excreted from the body, as sweat or urine

Etymology: L, neut. pl. of excretus

excreta Related Forms
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

  • bat: It is found in the soil and growth is enhanced by the presence of bird and bat excreta.
  • dog: Cllr Green Bad state of pavement in Bullington Lane from Lionel Hitchin to 6 Kings Elm, and volume of dog excreta on path.
  • animal: The street was unpaved and was covered with dust and animal excreta.