blind gut

American  

noun

1. the cecum.

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blind gut British  

noun

1. informal another name for the caecum

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Etymology

Origin of blind gut

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

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blind gut

In some mammals, like the rabbit, the blind gut is the bulkiest structure in the body, and bears the vermiform appendix at its far end.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

The bridge of his nose, like a The blind gut, like a breastplate. wheelbarrow.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The blind gut, answered doctor Slop, lies betwixt the Ilion and Colon— In a man? said my father.

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Sterne, Laurence

They are plantigrade, and are without a cæcum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage