STERCORAL
\stˈɜːkəɹə͡l], \stˈɜːkəɹəl], \s_t_ˈɜː_k_ə_ɹ_əl]\
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ster'ko-ral, adj. pertaining to excrement--also STER'CORARY, STERCOR[=A]'CEOUS.--ns. STER'CORANIST, STERCOR[=A]'RIAN, one who held that the sacramental bread was digested and evacuated like other food; STERCOR[=A]'RIANISM; STERCOR[=A]'RIUS, a genus of Laridæ, the dung-hunters or skuas.--v.t. STER'CORATE, to manure.
By Thomas Davidson
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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