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fecal revolution

fecal revolution noun: an event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy.

Noun

fecal revolution (uncountable)

  1. (evolution) An event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy.

Origin of fecal revolution

From fecal + revolution. From the evolution of macroscopic feces, that then revolutionized the biological world, by changing the environment.

Questions about fecal revolution

What does fecal revolution mean?
Fecal revolution means an event in the Ediacaran, the result of the evolution of the through-gut (“alimentary canal”) (away from the alimentary sac with mouth-anus), and thus proper feces; allowing for the freeing of oxygen in the water column, sinking of carbon to the sea floor, fertilization of the sea floor, fossilization of coprolites, evolution of coprophagy.
What part of speech is fecal revolution?
Fecal revolution is a noun.

Words near fecal revolution in the dictionary

  1. fecal microbiota transplant
  2. fecal microbiota transplantation
  3. fecal microbiota transplants
  4. fecal occult blood
  5. fecal occult bloods
  6. fecal revolution
  7. fecal transplant
  8. fecal transplants
  9. fecal-oral
  10. fecalia
  11. fecalith

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