stercome

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noun

An extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans.

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Meanings

nounstercome (plural stercomes or stercomata)

plural stercomes · plural stercomata

  1. biologyAn extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans.

Origin

Derived from the German Sterkom coined by Fritz Schaudinn in 1899 in "Untersuchungen über den Generationswechsel von Trichosphaerium sieboldii Schn". Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1898: 44https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96964#page/462/mode/1up. Corresponds to Latin stercus (“dung”) + -ome.

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stercome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercome

MLA

“stercome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stercome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercome.

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