different between faeces vs cathole

English

Noun

faeces pl (normally plural, singular faex)

1. Britain standard spelling of feces.
   • 1968 May, W. B. Healy, Ingestion of Soil by Dairy Cows, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, page 487,

     This paper reports on ingestion of soil by dairy cows using titanium analysis of faeces by the X-ray fluorescence technique, and gives the range of soil intakes of a year on both an individual and a herd basis.

   • 1984 April 19, David F. Chantrey, James B. Reid, C. E. Davie, Dog Business, New Scientist, page 48,

     The fact that dogs have a well developed sense of smell suggests that they might be able to use the odour of faeces as a means of communicating.

   • 2004, Håkan Jönsson, Håkan Jönsson, Anna Richert Stintzing, Björn Vinnerås, Eva Salomon, Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production, page 1,

     Urine and faeces are complete fertilizers of high quality with low levels of contaminants such as heavy metals. Urine is rich in nitrogen, while faeces are rich in phosphorous, potassium and organic matter.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fae?.ke?s/, [?fäe?ke?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fe.t??es/, [?f??t???s]

Noun

faec?s

1. nominative plural of faex
2. accusative plural of faex
3. vocative plural of faex

References

• faeces in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Alternative forms

• cat hole

Etymology

cat +? hole

Noun

cathole (plural catholes)

1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
2. (nautical) Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.

Further reading

• cathole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cholate