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Meanings of excrement in English

Russian
экскремент
Portuguese
resíduos metabólicos
Catalan
producte de rebuig animal
Spanish
desechos metabólicos
Wikidata

Waste produced by animals.

экскремент
Wikidata

Substance that human and animal bodies release from time to time as a little pile of waste remaining from digestion, after it has been collected in the colon.

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Examples for "excretes"
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And life does something special: it ingests chemicals and excretes other chemicals.
BBC
2
In response, the whale excretes a waxy goo to protect itself.
BBC
3
I'd create an animal that excretes meat, just to give vegetarians pause for thought.
The Guardian
4
A gland behind the eyes concentrates the salt and excretes it through this organ.
Wired
5
The average dog excretes almost 300 grams each day.
Radio NZ
1
The systematic use of banned animal waste products in the production of animal feeds has been exposed in France by an EU scientific inspection mission.
The Irish Times
1
Urine also contains metabolic waste by-products, such as formal-dehyde, ammonia, and dissolved heavy metals.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
2
In clinical practice, prolonged occlusion of main arteries causes accumulation of metabolic waste and lactate.
Pubmed
3
Once viewed as toxic metabolic waste, ROS are now implicated in cell signaling and regulation.
Pubmed
4
Ammonia is a metabolic waste product excreted by aquatic organisms that causes toxicity when it accumulates.
Pubmed
5
Tears are produced by the lachrymal and meibomian glands and contain all manner of chemicals, including proteins, enzymes and metabolic waste products.
The Guardian
Portuguese
fezes
Catalan
excrement
Spanish
excreción

Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body.

fezes
Usage of excrement in English
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The excrement vary in appearance as much as they do in odor.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
2
They make great noise and splash their excrement over buildings and pavements.
The Irish Times
3
Some Montrealers flushed excrement into city sewers that led into the river.
Death du Jour
4
From a gaping patch in the ceiling poured water, plaster and excrement.
The ginger man
5
Here are citric wraps, needles, empty saline water bottles and human excrement.
The Irish Times
6
Then I followed him inside the shrine, which smelled of human excrement.
Julian
7
Both are also capable of spreading diseases to humans, through their excrement.
The Irish Times
8
They show human excrement invading the city's picturesque beaches, bays and rivers.
News.com.au
9
For Heaven's sake it is a padded seat and tool for excrement.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
10
For the log doesn't produce any old excrement… he defecates Christmas presents.
BBC
11
The Hawkes received death threats, letters of vilification and parcels of excrement.
News.com.au
12
Why can't we say shit is shit, instead of calling it excrement?
The illuminatus! trilogy
13
Coughing came next, followed by blood in the lungs and the excrement.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
14
I returned to the barracks that evening covered with excrement and blood.
Carrion comfort
15
When he emerged, somehow his pants were completely covered in Houlding's excrement.
Climbing Magazine
16
In that smell there were notes of decay, corruption, excrement, and blood.
The Wolf’s Hour
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