stercorariousadj.
/ˌstəːkəˈrɛːrɪəs/ 1. = stercoraceous adj. 1.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [adjective]
stercorous1542
excremental1574
excrementitious1586
faecical1594
excrementous1600
turdyc1600
ordurous?1606
merdurinous1616
excrementious1636
stercorarious1656
stercorean1656
stercoreous1659
stercorary1664
stercorose1727
stercoraceous1731
stercoral1739
excremential1847
excrementitial1857
excretal1864
excretitiousc1865
excretory1878
fimetic1880
pooey1967
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stercorean or Stercorarious.
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 344 Without the least mixture of a stercorarious stench.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 463 The stable yields a stercorarious [1787 (ed. 3) stercoraceous] heap.
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (ed. 2) II. xxi. 261 They can elevate or drop their stercorarious parasol so as most effectually to shelter or shade them.
2. Entomology. Of beetles, etc.: Living in dung.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > living or born in dung
shard-borna1616
shardeda1616
stercorarious1826
stercoricolous1885
stercoraceous1891
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliv. 227 They..may often be seen..prowling in search of the stercorarious beetles.
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