defecatoradj.n.

1835 tr. A. A. L. M. Velpeau New Elements Operative Surg. 785 In fact the defecator organ [Fr. l'intestin défécateur] does push it more sometimes in one direction than in the other.

1839 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 2 Apr. Time will be given to properly clean out, and cool off each defecator, before filling again.

1852 De Bow's Rev. Nov. 505 The pan-man (attendant on the defecators) always uses a little lime to prevent fermentation [of the cane-juice].

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 683/1 Defecators for sorghum partake of the character of filters.

1922 Cracker Baker Nov. 59/2 The macerated cane is then passed away and the juice from the last diffusion tank is sent to the defecators from time to time where it is purified.

1937 A. N. Coombes Evol. Sugarcane Culture Mauritius v. 140 The juice is then heated either in open heaters or in heaters under pressure prior to being transferred to defecators.

2007 Mass. Hist. Rev. 9 54 A defecator is a huge vat used to clarify guarapo (syrup extracted from sugar cane) by applying heat and skimming off the impurities.

1909 E. T. Seton Life-hist. Northern Animals II. 1026 Like cow, horse, and Bear, the Coon can void as it walks—is, in fact, a peripatetic defecator.

1955 K. Amis in Encounter June 57/1 The unique lavatory at the far end of the building, where the defecator was required to plant his feet on two metal plates, grasp two handles, and curve his body into the shape of a bow over a kind of trough.

1964 Behaviour Res. & Therapy 2 274 In particular, differences between the high defecators (MR strain [of rats]) and the low defecators (MNR) have been detected.

2001 Independent 3 Feb. (Review section) 12/1 Prodigious defecators, a house mouse gets rid of 50 droppings a day.