scatological

Definition

Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.

Etymology

From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.

Example Sentences

• "The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies."
• "His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends."

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