Scientists Say: Dung
Poo, feces, poop, manure, crap. This is an animal’s number two
This is horse dung, the solid remains of a horse’s diet.
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Dung (noun, “DUHng”)
This is animal poop. Poo. Feces. Manure. Dung is a word scientists use to refer to animal poop but not for human feces. It refers to the solid, or semi-solid (ew) remains of food that an animal can’t digest.
In a sentence
In Australia, sheep may spread a poisonous weed’s seeds in their dung.
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