Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The posterior portion of the digestive tract in vertebrates and certain invertebrates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
gut .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
caudal part of thealimentary canal of anembryo , including thecolon and therectum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos
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Examples
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In other animals known as hindgut fermenters, including humans - in which food is fermented after going through their stomachs - methane is sometimes released through flatulence, a fact that, Mr. Klieve said, has led to misunderstanding about his work
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The outer layer, or epidermis, appears in green; the blue branches along the top are part of a network of air-carrying tubes called the tracheal system; and the posterior intestine, or hindgut, is seen as two distinct curved green lines.
Embryo of fruit fly is subject of award-winning photo Post 2010
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The outer layer, or epidermis, appears in green; the blue branches along the top are part of a network of air-carrying tubes called the tracheal system; and the posterior intestine, or hindgut, is seen as two distinct curved green lines.
Embryo of fruit fly is subject of award-winning photo Post 2010
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Unlike the western lowland gorilla, which subsists on a leafy diet, we don't have a large hindgut where huge colonies of bacteria can ferment carbohydrates to produce short chain fatty acids that can then be absorbed by the body to be used for energy.
Hard wired to the past | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Digestion occurs in the midgut and waste is passed out of the hindgut.
Crustacea 2008
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Digestion occurs in the midgut and waste is passed out of the hindgut.
Arthropoda 2007
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The parasite develops and multiplies within the bug's hindgut, and, in its infective stage, passes out with the excrement.
7 Medicinals 1992
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The region of the hindgut, at this stage, is about one-fifth of the entire length of the embryo.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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The allantois is cut near its opening into the hindgut; its walls are thin, the epithelium consisting of but a single layer of more or less flattened cells.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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There is, however, not the slightest indication of a tail-fold, so that there is no inclosed hindgut at all.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator C. M. [Illustrator] Reese
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