Meaning
dung, manure
- solid excrement of animals, especially livestock
- dung used as fertilizer
In a sentence
Gli uccelli marini producono grandi quantità di sterco noto come guano.
Seabirds produce large quantities of dung known as guano.
Lo scarabeo usa lo sterco animale per nutrire le proprie larve.
The beetle uses animal dung to nourish its larvae.
Il sentiero era sporco di sterco di mucca dopo il passaggio della mandria.
The path was soiled with cow dung after the herd passed.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| sterco | masculine · singular |
| sterchi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Scientific and descriptive term; not inherently vulgar, unlike 'merda'.
- Forms its plural irregularly with -chi: 'sterchi', though the plural is rare.