secrete

Example Sentences

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Certain essential features of earthworm biology - like the mucus they secrete to lubricate their passage through soil and keep themselves from drying out - are challenging to incorporate into a robot.

From BBC

Mr Opoku managed to prevent his cash from being taken by secreting it on his body.

From BBC

The E. coli dutifully secreted the tiny syringes, which, when exposed to insect cells, bound to them and injected their toxins as expected.

From Scientific American

To attract females, male German cockroaches typically secrete a sweet goo on their backs.

From Science Magazine

When a male roach targets a female roach, he will back up to her, secreting a solution called a nuptial gift from the tergal gland under his wings.

From New York Times