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  • noun Plural form of cecotrope.

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Examples

  • The protagonist is ignored-alone not isolated-alone, and I did not want to get technical as some people would be grossed out by rabbits eating cecotropes for breakfast.

    BECOMING COTTONTAIL • by Deven D Atkinson 2008

  • Perhaps it would be a good idea that sensitive folks should wait to look up rabbit eating habits and specifically cecotropes until they are not eating their own breakfest, or lunch … lol.

    BECOMING COTTONTAIL • by Deven D Atkinson 2008

  • In addition to normal feces, they produce special droppings called cecotropes.

    14 Domestic Rabbit 1991

  • This might be why some people refer to cecotropes as 'night droppings,' though cecotropes are not always produced at night.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • The rabbits blissful expression when she's engaging in cecotrophy (the ingestion of cecotropes) will tell you that she finds this anything but disgusting.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Some produce cecotropes in the late morning, some in the late afternoon, and some at night.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • A rabbit may produce cecotropes at various times during the day, and this periodicity may vary from rabbit to rabbit.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • In fact, rabbits deprived of their cecotropes will eventually succumb to malnutrition.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • In fact, rabbits deprived of their cecotropes will eventually succumb to malnutrition.

    DC's 2008

  • i make distinctions… i tally up in light of differences being an author, and writing liberal cecotropes for liberal consumption, and cleverly roping others into it….

    Robin of Berkeley says a funny thing happened to her on the way to the revolution 2010

  • And their cecotropes—small, soft droppings clumped together, as opposed to larger, firmer pellets—are still packed with nutrients.

    How to Care for a Pet Rabbit 2024

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