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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The gut, the whole intestine (alimentary) canal
2. 2
   the alimentary canal (especially of an embryo or a coelenterate) wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”).

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