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fecal

  • /ˈfiːkəl/

Rhymes with -iːkəl

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From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.

adjective faecal · fæcal

  1. not comparable Of or relating to feces. Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.

    Similar: stercoraceous

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: feculent, soiled, unclean, dirty, faecal, anal, caecal, stool, saddle, stercoral, stercoraceous, excremental, excrementitious, excretal, excretory, defecatory

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adj of or relating to feces

Españolfecal
Portuguêsfecal
Françaisfécal
Deutschfäkal
Ελληνικάπεριττωματικός perittomatikós
Русскийфека́льный fekálʹnyj, ка́ловый kálovyj

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@misc{fecal_2026,
  title = {fecal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fecal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}