excretory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of 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 • Apr. 21, 2024
"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 • Mar. 11, 2024
For example, nutrients pass from the digestive system into the blood, and the excretory system rids the blood of wastes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Illustration shows the digestive, nervous and excretory systems in a flat, worm-like planaria.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Organic matter is broken down as it passes through the digestive tracts of the worms and the soil is enriched by their excretory products.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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