Etymology

stercovorous

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Today it means: dung-eating Full definition →

Latin stercus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromstercus“dung”
  2. English todaystercovorous

From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -vorous.

Words from the same roots

Latinstercus all →

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