frass


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frass /fras/
noun
  • 1 powdery refuse produced by wood-boring insects.
  • 2 the excrement of insect larvae.
– origin C19: from Ger. Frass, from fressen ‘devour’.
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