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hindgut

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hīnd′gut′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hind•gut  (hīnd′gut′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anatomy, Zoology[Zool.]
    • Zoologythe last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue;
      the large intestine.
    • Zoologythe posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.
  2. Anatomy, Zoology, Developmental Biology[Embryol., Zool.]the posterior part of the embryonic alimentary canal from which the colon and rectum develop. Cf. foregut, midgut.
  • hind1 + gut 1875–80

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