excretory

Example Sentences

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“It politicizes the human excretory function,” he said to even louder guffaws in the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our research has mapped the excretory patterns of animals, spanning eight orders of scale from tiny cicadas to massive elephants," he said.

From Science Daily

So the scientists further tested the parrotfish’s response by injecting lionfish and grouper effluent—an excretory soup from the predators’ water—into their tanks.

From Scientific American

More than just an excretory curiosity, the sharpshooter’s behavior could one day help engineers design new kinds of printers and other devices that move tiny amounts of fluids around.

From Science Magazine

When the board extended the campaign to New York, it was censored on the subway; the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has form for rejecting ads depicting “sexual or excretory activities”.

From The Guardian