Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
cecotrope .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cecotropes.
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
The rabbits blissful expression when she's engaging in cecotrophy (the ingestion of cecotropes) will tell you that she finds this anything but disgusting.
-
Some produce cecotropes in the late morning, some in the late afternoon, and some at night.
-
A rabbit may produce cecotropes at various times during the day, and this periodicity may vary from rabbit to rabbit.
-
In fact, rabbits deprived of their cecotropes will eventually succumb to malnutrition.
-
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.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.