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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ee-jes-tuh, ih-jes- |
| Phonetic Transcription : iˈdʒɛs tə, ɪˈdʒɛs- |
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Définition of egesta
- As in feces : noun excrement
- As in perspiration : noun sweat
- As in excrement : noun excretion
- It feeds, in fact, if we may judge from its egesta, upon the slime or moistened clay with which its hole is lined.
- Extract from : « Insect Architecture » by James Rennie
- The weight of a working full-grown horse does not vary from day to day, as the weight of its egesta is equal to that of its food.
- Extract from : « The Stock-Feeder's Manual » by Charles Alexander Cameron
- Many patients are averse to food, and where little is taken in, the egesta must be inconsiderable.
- Extract from : « Observations on Madness and Melancholy » by John Haslam
- If Nicias was prepared for the news from Egesta, his two colleagues were taken completely by surprise.
- Extract from : « The History of the Peloponnesian War » by Thucydides
- But they were especially incited by envoys from Egesta, who had come to Athens and invoked their aid more urgently than ever.
- Extract from : « The History of the Peloponnesian War » by Thucydides
- On their return to Athens these men reported that Egesta was possessed of fabulous riches.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
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