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alimentary

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


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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

Annelids possess a closed circulatory system of dorsal and ventral blood vessels that run parallel to the alimentary canal as well as capillaries that service individual tissues.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Animals belonging to superphylum Lophotrochozoa are protostomes, in which the blastopore, or the point of involution of the ectoderm or outer germ layer, becomes the mouth opening to the alimentary canal.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The serous inflammations may also arise from the epithelial coverings of the body, as the cutaneous, alimentary, and respiratory surfaces.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various


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