excretory

[ ek-skri-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ik-skree-tuh-ree ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or concerned in excretion; having the function of excreting:

   excretory organs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excretory¹

First recorded in 1675–85; excrete + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

One of the prominent openings admits the food and the water required in respiration, the other is the excretory aperture.

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The excretory organs of Elasmobranchii have also formed the subject of some investigations by Dr Meyer and by myself.

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In the remaining parts of the excretory organs the two species of Scyllium resemble each other very closely.

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This difference accounts for two facts which were mentioned in connection with the excretory organs of the adult, viz.

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The general features of the excretory organs at this period are diagrammatically represented on the woodcut, fig. 6.

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