Meanings
adjectivestercovorous (not comparable)
- not comparabledung-eating
Origin
- Latinstercus“dung”
- Englishstercovorous
From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -vorous.
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stercovorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercovorous
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“stercovorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stercovorous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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