stercoraceous

American  

[stur-kuh-rey-shuhs] / ˌstɜr kəˈreɪ ʃəs /

Also stercorous

adjective

Physiology.

1. consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.

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stercoraceous British  

/ ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of dung or excrement

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Etymology

Origin of stercoraceous

1725–35; < Latin stercor- (stem of stercus ) dung + -aceous

Example Sentences

Robson reports a case of strangulated hernia in the third month of pregnancy with stercoraceous vomiting.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Relief was prompt, and the removal of the foreign body was followed by the issue of stercoraceous matter which had accumulated the six days it had remained in situ.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

But the dwarf undertaker does not on that account scorn stercoraceous fare: he feasts upon it like the other Onthophagi.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The hat of Walter the Doubter falling on a stercoraceous heap of compost, in the rear of the house, began forthwith to vegetate.

From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington

Those hells are therefore named accordingly; some are called cadaverous, some stercoraceous, some urinous, and so on.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John