spraint
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English
Etymology
Old French espraintes, espreintes, French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”); cf. épreinte (“a piece of otter dung”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɹeɪnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪnt
Noun
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
- Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.