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fae·ces

 (fē′sēz)
pl.n. Chiefly British
Variant of feces.
fae′cal adj.
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faeces

(ˈfiːsiːz) or

feces

pl n
bodily waste matter derived from ingested food and the secretions of the intestines and discharged through the anus
[C15: from Latin faecēs, plural of faex sediment, dregs]
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fe•ces

(ˈfi siz)

n. (used with a pl. v.)
waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
Also, esp. Brit., faeces.
[1425–75; late Middle English < Latin faecēs grounds, dregs, sediment (pl. of faex)]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.faeces - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowelsfaeces - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
faecal matter, fecal matter, feces, ordure, BM, dejection, stool
dog do, dog turd, doggy do - fecal droppings from a dog
body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
crap, turd, dirt - obscene terms for feces
droppings, dung, muck - fecal matter of animals
meconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
melaena, melena - abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
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faeces

plural noun excrement, stools, excreta, bodily waste, dung, droppings, ordure The faeces contain nitrogen.
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Translations
بِراز، غائِط
stolicevýkaly
afføringekskrementer
uloste
bélsárszéklet
saur
izkārnījumi

faeces

feces (US) [ˈfiːsiːz] NPL (frm) → excrementos mpl, heces fpl (frm)
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faeces

[ˈfiːsiːz] (British) feces (US) npl → fèces fpl
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faeces

, (US) feces
pl → Kot m
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faeces

feces (Am) [ˈfiːsiːz] npl → feci fpl
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faeces

(American) feces (ˈfiːsiːz) noun plural
solid waste matter passed out from the body.
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And the immense stack of straw where in the morning there had been nothing, appeared as the FAECES of the same buzzing red glutton.
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Two women were on Thursday arrested by public health officers and taken to Meru police station for allegedly storing faeces in buckets inside their houses and later pouring it in a river.
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Sivanesan also said another factor, which attracted flies, was the chicken faeces, which the farmers sold to oil palm planters.
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An RSPCA inspector found Poppy the elderly shih tzu living in a house where the floors were smeared with faeces and urine.
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Belgian scientists are looking for people to donate their faeces to help with research into illnesses ranging from bowel disorders and allergies to neurological diseases.
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Dogs that display this behaviour generally only do this with fresh faeces that are less than two days old.
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