fecal revolution

noun

An event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy.

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Meanings

nounfecal revolution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableevolutionbiologyAn event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy.

Origin

From fecal + revolution. From the evolution of macroscopic feces, that then revolutionized the biological world, by changing the environment.

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fecal revolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fecal%20revolution

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fecal revolution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fecal%20revolution.

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