stercome

English

Etymology

Derived from the German Sterkom coined by Fritz Schaudinn in 1899 in "Untersuchungen über den Generationswechsel von Trichosphaerium sieboldii Schn". Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1898: 44[1]. Corresponds to Latin stercus (“dung”) +‎ -ome.

Noun

stercome (plural stercomes or stercomata)

1. (biology) An extracellular pellet of waste material produced by some groups of foraminiferans.