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

Earthworms are an example of an animal with an alimentary canal.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The archenteron develops into the alimentary canal, and a mouth opening is formed by invagination of ectoderm at the pole opposite the blastopore of the gastrula.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The blastopore forms the anus of the alimentary system in the juvenile and adult forms.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The honey she kneads into a little ball of alimentary matter, in the midst of which she deposits her first egg.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.