excrete
Example Sentences
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In 2022, Dudley worked with collaborators in Panama to show that wild spider monkeys consume fermented fruit containing alcohol and later excrete alcohol metabolites in their urine.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025
The body can then easily excrete the metals.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
To mark their territory, both beaver species deposit mud piles on the ground and excrete castoreum on top.
From National Geographic • Nov. 15, 2023
Many other plants disperse their seeds via animals and birds that eat their fruits and excrete the seeds as they move around.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
I looked up as I ran under some trees, otherwise peafowl might excrete on me.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
