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Recent Examples of coprolite
As previously reported, coprolites aren't quite the same as paleofeces, which retain a lot of organic components that can be reconstituted and analyzed for chemical properties.
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Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Since 2015, Frandsen has held the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of coprolites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The coprolites contained bits of fish, insects, plants and other animals.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
For the herbivores, however, especially in long-neck sauropods, their coprolites contained lots of tree ferns and charcoal.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Since 2015, Frandsen has held the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of coprolites.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
The coprolites contained bits of fish, insects, plants and other animals.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
Noun
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Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of barefoot pilgrims undertook a parikrama one morning, picking around heaps of cow dung dotting the road.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The zoo works with a third-party company to dispose of all excrement, transforming it into compost.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Some could have come from wild bird excrement that enters storm drains, for example.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The whole place smelled of dog odor; there was dog poop in the unit and a grass pee pad that smelled of dog urine.—
Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Six rodent droppings under a sushi prep area counter, 16 pieces of poop in the dry storage area near the water heater and behind the washer and dryer, and two rodent droppings under the warewashing drain board show there’s more than just Pixie and Dixie running around the place.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
Noun
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In the living room, Fadden found bear scat, a foot in diameter.—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.—
Al Wolter,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The result is an assemblage of sorts where blue-footed boobies, coral reefs and even bat guano play a leading role, illustrating the ways nonhuman actors and their attendant ecologies have survived human predation.—
Elizabeth Rush,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Once seabird numbers stabilize, a lot more nutrient-rich guano will be landing on the motus and affecting plant growth.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But some of the manure would land on her mother’s property — even onto the exterior of the house.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Many use manures applied to the surface of the soil every other month through early fall.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Rent a small car or Vespa to zip around the narrow roads, discovering vineyards with volcanic soil, prehistoric villages, and underwater caves along the way.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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This step-by-step guide explains how to propagate hoya plants by rooting cuttings in water or layering in soil.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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