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One blind resident, who had no way to call a caregiver for help, had to defecate repeatedly in a trash can, according to allegations made by the California Department of Social Services, which said the home had been smeared throughout with residue from human feces.
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The four of them slept (head to toe), defecated and nursed the wounds of their beatings there for nearly a year.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
The current direction of beach and bluff closures continues to encourage more and more pinnipeds to congregate in north La Jolla and harm the delicate balance of the ecosystem that developed and flourished without large numbers of those aggressive predators feeding and defecating on our shores.
—Kurt Hoffman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Anxious behavior, such as calling out and defecating, and skyrocketing levels of the stress hormone cortisol can confirm that an animal is stressed.
—science.org, 13 Feb. 2025
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Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The four of them slept (head to toe), defecated and nursed the wounds of their beatings there for nearly a year.
—Matt Gutman, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
The current direction of beach and bluff closures continues to encourage more and more pinnipeds to congregate in north La Jolla and harm the delicate balance of the ecosystem that developed and flourished without large numbers of those aggressive predators feeding and defecating on our shores.
—Kurt Hoffman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Anxious behavior, such as calling out and defecating, and skyrocketing levels of the stress hormone cortisol can confirm that an animal is stressed.
—science.org, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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defecate
verb
def·e·cate
variants
or chiefly British defaecate
defecated; defecating
: to discharge from the anus
: to discharge feces from the bowels
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