feces

Example Sentences

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It’s unclear who is throwing the feces — or why.

From Los Angeles Times

Mark flushes Miranda’s toilet and it overflows, sending a previous occupant’s feces all over the tile.

From Salon

The disease is caused by Rickettsia typhi bacteria, which can be spread to humans when feces from infected fleas is rubbed into cuts or scrapes on the skin or into the eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

The cub was malnourished and covered in feces with patches of fur missing.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of these parasites like the microscopic cryptosporidium — usually transmitted through water or food that has been contaminated with feces, including raw milk — have become more common over the past decade, according to the review.

From Salon