stercoricolousadj.
/stəːkəˈrɪkələs/ Living in dung or excrement.
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shard-borna1616
shardeda1616
stercorarious1826
stercoricolous1885
stercoraceous1891
1885 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 842/2 Parasitic and stercoricolous forms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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