digestive tract

English

Noun

digestive tract (plural digestive tracts)

  2. (anatomy) A system of organs within multicellular animals which takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste.
    Synonyms: alimentary canal, gut
    Hypernym: tract
    Hyponyms: gastrointestinal tract, GI tract (in animals that have stomach(s) and intestine(s))

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