alimentary
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Let’s not overlook how long it takes for a federal lawsuit to make its way through the judicial alimentary canal.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
Animals belonging to superphylum Lophotrochozoa are protostomes, in which the blastopore, or the point of involution of the ectoderm or outer germ layer, becomes the mouth opening to the alimentary canal.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The digestive system is made up by the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract, and other abdominal organs that play a part in digestion such as the liver and the pancreas.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Annelids possess a closed circulatory system of dorsal and ventral blood vessels that run parallel to the alimentary canal as well as capillaries that service individual tissues.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
A straw, or a glass tube drawn to a point at the tip, is then inserted in the protruding portion of the alimentary canal.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.
Vocabulary lists containing alimentary
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