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dung noun [ dʌŋ ]

• the excrement of animals; manure.
Similar: manure, muck, animal excrement, faeces, droppings, ordure, cowpats, gobar, cow chips, horse apples, shit, crap,

dung verb

• drop or spread dung on (a piece of ground).
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Dung, Swedish dynga, Icelandic dyngja ‘dung, dunghill, heap’, and Danish dynge ‘heap’.


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