Excreta Definition

ĭk-skrētə
noun
Waste matter excreted from the body, as sweat or urine.
Webster's New World

Human bodily waste which is excreted from the body.

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Origin of Excreta

  • Latin excrēta from neuter pl. past participle of excernere to excrete excrete

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Excreta Sentence Examples

  • It was an era of cess pools and human excreta all round.

  • These hellraisers ride around in South America on the backs of snails, eating the excreta their ambling mounts produce.

  • The street was unpaved and was covered with dust and animal excreta.

  • Now dead animal substance and the excreta of animals decompose in the long run into carbonic acid, water and mineral salts, and so there is a continual destruction of animal substance both on the land and in the sea.

  • Peruvian guano is obtained from the excreta of South American sea-birds, and fish guano from the waste of fish.

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