stercovorous
English
adj
Definitions
- dung-eating
Etymology
Derived from Latin stercus (dung, manure, shit, excrement, excrements).
Origin
Latin
stercus
Gloss
dung, manure, shit, excrement, excrements
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stercobilin English
- stercolith English
- stercoroma English
- bīlis Latin
- sterceia Latin
- stercoralis Latin
- stercoranista Latin
- stercorarius Latin
- sterculinum Latin
- stercus Latin
- sterquilinium Latin
- sterco Italian
- stercoraceo Italian
- -ωμα Ancient Greek
- *(s)terǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)terḱ-, *(s)terḱ-o- Proto-Indo-European
- sterko Esperanto
- șterc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- esterco Old Portuguese