Faeces

Definitions

Alternative spelling of feces.

Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“This paper reports on ingestion of soil by dairy cows using titanium analysis of faeces by the X-ray fluorescence technique, and gives the range of soil intakes of a year on both an individual and a herd basis.”

“The fact that dogs have⟳ a well developed sense⟳ of smell⟳ suggests that they might be able to use⟳ the odour of faeces as a means of communicating.”

“Urine and faeces are complete⟳ fertilizers of high quality with low levels of contaminants such as heavy metals. Urine is rich in nitrogen, while faeces are rich in phosphorous, potassium and organic matter⟳.”

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