Definitions for excretory

excretory ex·cre·to·ry

Spelling: [ek-skri-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ik-skree-tuh-ree]
IPA: /ˈɛk skrɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ɪkˈskri tə ri/

Excretory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 179 anagrams from letters in excretory (ceeorrtxy).

Definitions for excretory

adjective

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

Origin of excretory

First recorded in 1675-85; excrete + -ory1

Examples for excretory

For a long time the pronephros and its duct form the only excretory organs of larval Amphibia.

There is still considerable doubt as to the mode of formation of the excretory tubes of the Chtopoda.

The general features of the excretory organs at this period are diagrammatically represented in the woodcut (fig. 387).

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

For a considerable period the pronephros constitutes the sole functional part of the excretory system.

The excretory organs of the Vertebrata consist of three distinct glandular bodies and of their ducts.

The development of the Elasmobranch excretory system has been mainly studied by Semper and myself.

(d) The digestive glands have also been shown to be excretory (5, p. 270).

It favors the excretory action of the skin, thus purifying it.

Further changes take place in connection with the excretory system on the conversion of the Ammocœte into the adult.

Word Value for excretory
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21

Words with friends

21

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