excretory

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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

This includes digestive, nervous, excretory, reproductive, and respiratory systems.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The excretory system is arranged in 2 long mesh-like structures down each side of the body.

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