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The size and shape of coprolites can also yield useful insights.
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Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2024
The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
Noun
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Access to clean cooking equipment in sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind other regions, with four in five people using wood, charcoal, or dung as fuel over open fires or using basic stoves, according to an International Energy Agency report.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
23 July 2025
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When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.—
Huntley Woods,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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As The Athletic wanders around the Queen Elizabeth II Stand, the glances made are like towards excrement on a shoe.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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In fact, some seventeenth-century writers even used the word excrement to describe human hair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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This type of fiber helps draw water into poop, keeping it soft and easy to pass.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
28 July 2025
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Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) peeked into the poop diaries of 1,400 healthy adults to see how bowel movement frequency (BMF) affects their molecular phenotypes, in a pre-disease context.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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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
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Anderson, who was in her school's jazz band, thinks her impromptu scat during one of her auditions is what helped her land the role.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Many people don’t understand that human waste doesn’t break down in the same way that animal scat does, for example.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
8 July 2025
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The team is also working on restoring the habitat across the island, which was stripped of all its vegetation during its time as an erstwhile guano mining spot.—
Tim Chester,
AFAR Media,
17 Apr. 2025
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According to the study, the guano’s byproducts accelerated the formation of clouds by 10,000 times.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 May 2025
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The caveat is that manure often has a high nitrogen and salt content that potentially burns plants and causes other issues.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 July 2025
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The contamination can occur because of sewage, manure or storm runoff.—
Shreya Srinivasan,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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The book deftly expresses both grief for all of the violence perpetrated on American soil and a profound love for all of the beings that inhabit this continent.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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The victory continues England’s success at major international tournaments, with this marking the team’s third final in a row; the Lionesses won the Women’s Euros on home soil in 2022 and lost to Spain in the World Cup final in 2023.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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