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stools

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plural of stool

as in feces

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droppings

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The facility had 130 rodent droppings throughout, including among debris underneath the fish tank, on the bottom shelf of the cart and rodent urine on the floor in the back upstairs room.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
As wildlife biologist Christina Aiello searches for droppings of bighorn sheep, which are relatively abundant, the dog duo from Rogue Detection Teams will sniff out harder-to-find bobcat and mountain lion scat.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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