Scatology

skā-tol′ō-ji, n. the knowledge of fo il excrement or coprolites: knowledge of the usages of primitive peoples about excrements, human and other.— adj. Scatolog′ical .— ns. Scat′omancy , Scatos′copy , divination of disease by inspection of excrement; Scatoph′aga , the dung-flies.— n.pl. Scatophag′idæ , a family of acanthopterygian fishes.— adj. Scatoph′agous , feeding on excrement. [Gr. skōr , skatos, dung, logia—legein, to speak; manteia, divination; skopein, to view; phage in, to eat.]