spraint
English edit
Etymology edit
Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spraint (plural spraints)
- A piece of otter dung.
- In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.
- Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.
Usage notes edit
- Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.