blind gut
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blind gut
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The intestinal peculiarities of this section consist of a very large cæcum or blind gut, which is small in the cats and wholly absent in the bears, and in the very long intestines.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
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
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
If he took the wrong furrow, he could not cross from one blind gut into another, nor hope to meet the fugitive at any future turning.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
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
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