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HINDGUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hindgut mean?
• HINDGUT (noun)
The noun HINDGUT has 1 sense:
1. the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
Familiarity information: HINDGUT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("hindgut" is a kind of...):
internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)
Holonyms ("hindgut" is a part of...):
bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)
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