alimentary

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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

The archenteron develops into the alimentary canal, and a mouth opening is formed by invagination of ectoderm at the pole opposite the blastopore of the gastrula.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

These tissues serve to hold the alimentary canal in place near the ventral surface of the vertebral column.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The blood vessels’ second function is to supply the organs of the alimentary canal with the nutrients and oxygen needed to drive their cellular processes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah