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the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos

1. : the posterior part of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate embryo

2. : the portion of the posterior intestine of an invertebrate formed by an infolding of the ectoderm

/huynd"gut'/, n.

1. Zool.

a. the last portion of the vertebrate alimentary canal, between the cecum and the anus, involved mainly with water resorption and with the storage and elimination of food residue; the large intestine.

b. the posterior colon of arthropods, composed of ectodermal, chitin-lined tissue.

2. Embryol., Zool. the posterior part of the embryonic alimentary canal from which the colon and rectum develop. Cf. foregut, midgut.

[1875-80; HIND¹ + GUT]