ETYM Cf. as. cypa a measure, Dutch kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, German kufe coop tub; all from Latin cupa vat, tub, Late Lat. cupa, copa, cup. Related to Cup, Keeve.
1. A barrel or cask for liquor.
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

(Informal) Cow dung.

ETYM AS. dung; akin to German dung, dünger, Old High Germ. tunga, Swed. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, Mid. High Germ. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Related to Dingy.
The excrement of an animal.
Waste matter excreted by living animals. Dung may also serve as a marker through the addition of scents from the anal glands, whether for determining territorial boundaries or as an indication of status within a group.
Some animals, such as rabbits, may reingest dung immediately after excretion and continue digesting it, a process known as refection. In addition to being broken down by bacteria, animal dung provides food for many invertebrates, especially beetles and flies, and provides a habitat for certain species of fungi and plants such as stinging nettles.
Australia's 22 million cattle produce 120 million hectares of dung annually according to estimates 1995.

Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, discharges; dung; ordure.
Waste matter discharged from body.

Any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs.
A beetle (as a tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which to lay eggs and on which the larvae feed