spraint

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French espraintes, espreintes, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French épreintes from espreinte (“a desire to go to stool”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

spraint (plural spraints)

1. A piece of otter dung. Usually used when referring to the observation and tracking of otters.

   In this region the average spraint number per site is 3.9.

   Figure 1 shows a photograph of an otter spraint.

Anagrams

• Partins, intraps, spirant