Hyraceum

//haɪˈɹeɪsiəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies.

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dassiepis

Etymology

From New Latin hyraceum, from hyrax (stem form hyrac-) + -eus.

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