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hindguts

hindguts is the plural of hindgut.

Meaning of hindgut

Noun

hindgut (plural hindguts)

  1. The caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, including the colon and the rectum, in humans and some other animals.
  2. The developed counterpart in the adult: the most distal part of the alimentary canal, which in humans is generally defined as comprising the distal third of the transverse colon, the splenic flexure, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and anorectal junction.

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What is hindguts the plural of?
Hindguts is the plural of hindgut.

Words near hindguts in the dictionary

  1. hindflipper
  2. hindflippers
  3. hindfoot
  4. hindforemost
  5. hindgut
  6. hindguts
  7. hindhead
  8. hindheads
  9. Hindi
  10. Hindi-Urdu
  11. Hindian

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