cowpies

Bovine field droppings

Cowpies are the flat, circular droppings left by cattle in pastures.

The shape resembles a pie, hence the name.

They dry into crusty disks that rural children have been known to throw like frisbees.

Also spelled as two words: cow pies.

manure

dung

Animal fecal matter

scat · waste · poop · muck · patties · ordure · slurry · splatter · plop

rural

pasture

Grazing ground for livestock

ranch · dairy · livestock · country · farmyard · corral · paddock · feedlot · stockyard · range

fertilizer

compost

Decayed organic fertilizer

organic · vermicompost · biofertilizer · decomposition · microbes · potassium · humus · mulch · biogas · methane

Opposites
animal excrement source

cowpieshorse apples

Equine fecal matter

horse manure · sheep droppings · chicken droppings · pig manure

WASTE vs. VALUE

cowpiesmilk

Mammalian nursing fluid

beef · leather · cream · butter · veal

Family

cowpie

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G