Also means
sewage
Usage Note
Liquame refers to liquid waste of organic origin — sewage, slurry from livestock manure, or wastewater. It is typically used in agricultural or environmental contexts: liquame zootecnico (livestock slurry). The plural liquami is common in environmental legislation. It is a distinctly technical or rural term; in everyday speech people are more likely to say acque reflue (wastewater) for urban sewage.
Examples
"I liquami agricoli inquinano i fiumi."
Natural Translation
Agricultural slurry pollutes rivers.
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