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Vinony

feces

noun

  1. solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːsiːz/

noun

Etymology: From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

  1. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.

    “We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.”