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Meanings of droppings in English

Portuguese
cocô
Catalan
fems
Spanish
estiércol

Fecal matter of animals.

        cocô
        Usage of droppings in English
        1
        Jasper Fant in particular had taken to watching his own droppings closely.
        Lonesome dove
        2
        The only way to find them is to follow the reindeer droppings.
        BBC
        3
        Gretchen thought she saw a smidgen of pigeon droppings on the brim.
        Dolly departed
        4
        The scabrous feel of lichen and bird droppings brought back more memories.
        Oracle's Queen
        5
        I wandered into the dining room and scanned the floor for droppings.
        The art of racing in the rain
        6
        Scattered along the coastline are droppings of limestone boulders and sea-carved caves.
        Climbing Magazine
        7
        The enlisted men are smoking dried horse droppings, grass, roots and tea.
        Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
        8
        They're covered in their own droppings and the droppings of their friends.
        The Guardian
        9
        And the droppings of compys are readily broken down by contemporary bacteria.
        Jurassic Park
        10
        Below, their droppings came down from the sky like viscous, broken wishes.
        The Irish Times
        11
        The air retained the rich fetor of rotting humus and bird droppings.
        Night of Knives
        12
        His hands clutched spastically at his belt, releasing ballast like heavy droppings.
        The Scar
        13
        It splattered Carter's head with some hieroglyphic droppings on its way out.
        The red pyramid
        14
        The cave was deep; its floor was splashed white with bird droppings.
        Anansi Boys
        15
        He saw that she was streaked with white droppings from the birds.
        Jurassic Park
        16
        Old friends give hugs, and dogs roam around snatching up food droppings.
        Climbing Magazine
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        Catalan
        fems
        Spanish
        estiércol
        Droppings through the time
        Droppings across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common