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Feces Common

Feces has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

2

Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
body waste
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dog shit crap droppings meconium melena

Origin

The word comes from the Latin faecēs, meaning "residue" or "dregs." Its ultimate origin is uncertain, though it may have been borrowed from an ancient substrate language.

Rhyming Words
ces aces ices dices laces rices alces paces races maces faces vices faeces spaces prices traces braces hances recces dunces
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