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alimentary

[al-uh-men-tuh-ree] / ˌæl əˈmɛn tə ri /


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Alimentary, My Dear Watson If you’re approaching your sixth decade and dreading the obligatory colonoscopy, FiveThirtyEight has some good news for you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 3, 2016

Alimentary, nervous, and excretory systems are more developed in the nemertini than in less advanced phyla.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The study appears in the July issue of the journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

From US News • Jun. 26, 2014

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canalby Mary Roach Leaning into the buffet is Matt Hamilton, a University of Minnesota postdoctoral fellow who prepares the matter for transplant.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2013

Internal Structure: Alimentary System.—In almost all Crustacea the food-canal runs straight through the body, except at its anterior end, where it curves downwards to the ventrally-placed mouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various




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