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American Heritage Dictionary (1 definition)
- Debris or excrement produced by insects.
–noun
Century Dictionary (1 definition)
- The excrement of a larval insect.
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Wiktionary (1 definition)
- The droppings or excrement of insects.
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First of all, you should know that "frass" is the technical (and very nice, I think) word for "insect pooh."
The sound of the falling frass from the thousands of caterpillars resembles a shower of rain.
Etc. Really, frass is sort of like a gardener's secret cuss word.
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German, feed, result of eating, insect damage, from Middle High German vrâz, from Old High German frāz, from frezzan, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.
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