Excretory
11Excretory system — The excretory system is a passive biological system that removes excess, unnecessary or dangerous materials from an organism, so as to help maintain homeostasis within the organism and prevent damage to the body. It is responsible for the… …
12excretory duct — (Order Decapoda): In antennal gland, short duct leading from bladder to excretory pore on basal segment (coxa) of antenna. See: excretory tubule [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
13excretory pore — An opening, on the first penduncular segment of the antenna, of the excretory organ or green gland [Ingle, 1983]. (Order Decapoda): Opening of each antennal gland to exterior; located on basal segment (coxa) of antenna. May bear operculum. (Syn.… …
14excretory tubule — (Order Decapoda): Narrow section of antennal gland occasionally joining second part of end sac (labyrinth) to bladder. See: excretory duct [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
15excretory — adjective of, or relating to excretion …
16excretory — Synonyms and related words: egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, leaky, oozy, percolative, permeable, pervious, porous, rheumy, runny, salivant, salivary,… …
17excretory — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate: cathartic, eliminative, eliminatory, evacuant, evacuative, purgative. See KEEP …
18excretory — adj. pertaining to excretion; pertaining to excrement; expelling, discharging …
19excretory — a. Excretive …
20excretory — ex·cre·to·ry …
