In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

was explicit about the fact they were "*fetid* dingo's kidneys".

In which case, they must have been pretty nasty.

ITYM fœtid dingo's kidneys..

That's what I typed, but without a diphthong keyboard, and in 7-bit
ASCII!

C.OED supports "fetid" (although I suppose "foetid" might suffice, if
it's good enough for Hellebores ...

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8569/H...etidus/Details

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