n.
Pronunciation: ska- ' tä-l ə -j ē , sk ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek skat-, sk ō r excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin mu scerdae mouse droppings
Date: 1876
1 : interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature
2 : the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)
– scat · o · log · i · cal \ ˌ ska-t ə l- ' ä-ji-k ə l \ adjective