Vocabulary Word
Word: alimentary
Definition: supplying nourishment
Definition: supplying nourishment
Sentences Containing 'alimentary'
Numerous cases could be given among the lower animals of the same organ performing at the same time wholly distinct functions; thus in the larva of the dragon-fly and in the fish Cobites the alimentary canal respires, digests, and excretes.
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