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How to pronounce faeces in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bm, dejection, faecal matter, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool
Type of body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
Has types dog turd, doggy do, droppings, dung, poop, shit, shite, turd, meconium, melaena, melena, muck, crap, dirt, dog do, dog shit

Examples of faeces

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The team find that H5N1 can be excreted in cat faeces as well as from the lungs.
From the nature.com
Then, via the cat's faeces, it infects other mammals, including mice and humans.
From the economist.com
Some stored their own faeces or collected one particular item, such as bicycles.
From the smh.com.au
There they deposit nutrient-rich urine and faeces and partially eaten carcasses.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A second method, using lion faeces to keep cheetahs away, is also being tested.
From the bbc.co.uk
The separation of pigs from human faeces by confining them in enclosed piggeries.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The nappies the researchers used were contaminated only with urine, not faeces.
From the economist.com
Unlike all other living birds, the Ostrich secretes urine separately from faeces.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In another case, a man left his dog in a stairwell covered in urine and faeces.
From the edp24.co.uk
More examples
  • Fecal matter: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
  • (fecal) faecal: of or relating to feces; "fecal matter"
  • Feces (US) or faeces (UK), also known by many other names, is a solid waste product from an animal digestive tract, discharged through the anus or cloaca during a process called defecation. Urine and feces together are called excreta.
  • Digested waste material discharged from the bowels; excrement
  • (Fecal) stool, bowel movement
  • (fecal) Matter containing or derived from animal or human wastes or feces.
  • (Fecal) Having to do with animal feces or droppings.
  • Solid wastes that pass through the rectum as bowel movements. Stools are undigested foods, bacteria, mucus, and dead cells.
  • Waste eliminated from the bowels.