sorry I’m a link virgin but Cecils newest column talks about differing names for animal poop.
My son insists bird droppings (any bird, I guess) are called squat.
Is this so, or something he was told at recess?
Link to Cecil’s column:
Is it true every type of animal dropping has its own name?
(Just click on the “http://” button at the top of the posting screen, vanilla, then enter, say in this case, the column title, “OK”, then the URL.)
Well, squat is a word with the meaning of excrement in general, but I’ve never heard it applied specifically to that of birds. Probably because they don’t squat to produce it.
Cecil produced a number of unusual non-excrement terms related to animals. Add to his list suint sheep sweat.
I was surprised Cecil didn’t include the excited churchgoers who experience speaking in dungs. 