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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
The coprolites contained the remains of fish, insects and plants, and sometimes other prey animals.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Certain foodstuffs in the coprolites were surprisingly undigested.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
This single piece of very old poop would later turn into a very large collection of coprolites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 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
Certain foodstuffs in the coprolites were surprisingly undigested.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
This single piece of very old poop would later turn into a very large collection of coprolites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coprolite
Noun
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Authorities say surveillance footage of the cell showed that the legal papers were neatly stacked and no human excrement lined the cell walls.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Roach excrement was on a wall next to the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The astronauts famously hated the bagged-poop approach.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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One woman was paying $600 per month to live in a storage shed in the muddy backyard cluttered with junk and dotted with dog poop.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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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More recent research out of Quebec attempted to identify which mushrooms deer ate by examining their scat.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
25 Mar. 2026
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For the last decade, wildlife biologists have been using remote cameras and scat surveys to track the movements of the fox in the southern Sierra.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Now new research published February 11 in PLOS One offers evidence that a Peruvian civilization thriving before the rise of the Inca Empire in the early 1400s was applying guano from those islands to its maize crops by at least 1250.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the 19th century, guano miners razed the place, removing most of the topsoil and leaving behind barren rock.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Finally, somehow, some 10 million tons of manure produced at California factory farms is unaccounted for.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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This may involve adding organic matter such as compost, aged manure, or peat moss.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Once soil health improves, many gardeners find that digging individual planting holes is sufficient for establishing crops.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mulching your garden also helps your soil stay moist for longer.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Coprolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coprolite. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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