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noun excrement, especially of animals; manure.
verb (used with object) to manure (ground) with or as if with dung.
Origin of dung before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Low German, German dung; compare Icelandic dyngja heap, dung, Swedish dynga dung, muck, Old High German tunga manuring
OTHER WORDS FROM dung dungy, adjective Words nearby dung dune buggy, Dunedin, duneland, Dunfermline, dun fly, dung , Dungannon, dungaree, dung beetle, Dungeness, Dungeness crab
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Example sentences from the Web for dung Private parts, be they of ducks, damselflies or dung beetles, turn out to have evolved novel forms at breakneck speeds.
Oh, if These Penises and Vaginas Could Talk: Genitalia as Tools, Toys, and Weapons | Menno Schilthuizen| May 1, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Rhino tend to stick close to their “middens”—dung piles—and this predictably makes them even more vulnerable.
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Dung is to Ofili what beds are to Tracey Emin or formaldehyde is to Damien Hirst.
Chris Ofili's Art of Brightness | Olivia Cole| February 4, 2010| DAILY BEAST
They should have eighteen inches depth of dung to bring them up, and six or seven inches depth of light rich mould.
The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, | Mary Eaton
Its presence is often unsuspected until one or more of the worms are noticed in the dung of the pig.
In the tent my guard lighted a fire of yak's dung , and the tent was filled with a suffocating smoke, which well-nigh choked me.
In the Forbidden Land | Arnold Henry Savage Landor
Many of the species grow in dung , as the name implies, or on recently manured ground.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. Hard
The Posterior Cox are only conspicuously enlarged in some particular species (dung beetles).
Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 1 | Dru Drury
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British Dictionary definitions for dung noun excrement, esp of animals; manure (as modifier ) dung cart something filthy
verb (tr) to cover (ground) with manure
Derived forms of dung dungy , adjective Word Origin for dung Old English: prison; related to Old High German tunc cellar roofed with dung, Old Norse dyngja manure heap
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Words related to dung manure, droppings, poop, feces, fertilizer, crap, ordure, guano, cow pies, night soil