droppings
- noun
- /ˈdrɑpɪŋz/
:
excremento
- After observing the droppings, the wildlife expert identified the species that had been foraging in the area.
That's what I read somewhere, the bat droppings or whatever.
- That's what I read somewhere, the bat droppings or whatever.
- And all those geese, you know, the guano and droppings, everything, it's they're all out there by the river and all that stuff is being washed in.
- It's made with the finest distilled water, asbesticide, sawdust, and Ant droppings sucking the Ding Dong.
- That they, they leave droppings and like poop and they filled up this stove and it didn't work anymore.
Examples
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And all those geese, you know, the guano and droppings, everything, it's they're all out there by the river and all that stuff is being washed in.
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You can find animal droppings in the garden, which helps identify which creatures have been visiting.
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You can see those little those little droppings there on the fruit as well as down here.
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But I haven't seen droppings anywhere else.
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I will very often see their their droppings actually nestled in amongst the leaves.
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So for example, the the soil is actually a place where you can pick it up if a cat has left its droppings in the area.
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It's nightingale's droppings from their nest, you know?
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Pigeons are docile, plump, and delicious, and their droppings make excellent fertilizer.
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The farmer noticed rabbit droppings scattered across the field, indicating their presence.
Synonyms
109
5.1
Solid waste that people or animals pass from their body
57
2.8
The waste animals produce that is often used to fertilize soil
30
5.8
Solid waste that the body leaves when you go to the toilet
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6.1
Waste that leaves the body, such as poop
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4.2
Solid waste that leaves the body after it digests food
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8.8
The droppings of a wild animal that show what it eats
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4.8
Solid waste the body sends out through the anus after food is digested
Poop an animal leaves behind, often found outside
Compounds
How Useful
Surface Forms
Morphology
droppings = dropping (semi-transparent) = drop + ing + s
Formation from 'dropping' + plural '-s' is a straightforward pluralization of a nominalized form.
Etymology
Droppings comes from the simple verb drop, which means 'to fall' or 'a small bit that falls'. So droppings are the small bits animals 'drop', meaning their feces you find on the ground.