feces
Meaning
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines; excrement.
Synonyms
poultry droppings
excsament
receptacle for human waste
waste matter
solid waste from the body
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfiːsiːz/
Etymology
From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.
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