as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
the mother cat carefully cleaned poop off her newborn kitten's bottom
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as in scoop
information not generally available to the public
the poop was that the ship would be headed to the war zone within a matter of weeks
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
The issue is that travelers generate 1,742 pounds of poop and other rubbish each day, with authorities struggling to remove it.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
To visualize how little exposure that entails, consider that one gram of poop (picture a quarter teaspoon) from a person with norovirus can include billions of viral particles.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
Manure management systems in which the manure is stacked in outdoor mounds and exposed to oxygen — as opposed to the poop lagoon systems used by most commercial dairies — largely avoid releasing methane.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
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Microbes generally infiltrate natural water by way of—brace yourself—animal poop and pee.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025
The issue is that travelers generate 1,742 pounds of poop and other rubbish each day, with authorities struggling to remove it.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
To visualize how little exposure that entails, consider that one gram of poop (picture a quarter teaspoon) from a person with norovirus can include billions of viral particles.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
Manure management systems in which the manure is stacked in outdoor mounds and exposed to oxygen — as opposed to the poop lagoon systems used by most commercial dairies — largely avoid releasing methane.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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