the mixture of fecal material and plant matter left by an animal, esp. an insect, after it has eaten its way into a tree, plant, etc.
Origin of frass
German from fressen, to devour: see fretfrass
frass
noun
The definition of frass is the waste left as an animal's bowel movement.
An example of frass is what a bug excretes after eating a leaf.
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Debris or excrement produced by insects.
Origin of frass
German feed, result of eating, insect damage from Middle High German vrâz from Old High German frāz from frezzan to eat ; see ed- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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From Old High German fraz, from Old High German frezzan (German fressen), to eat.
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