anenterous

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adjective

Without a stomach or an intestine.

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Meanings

adjectiveanenterous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyWithout a stomach or an intestine.

    These anenterous Echinoderms (Ophiuridæ, Luidea, Asterias proper, Astropecten,) belong to the order Asteroideat

    1843, Richard Owen, Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals

Origin

From an- + entero- + -ous.

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Translations

Portuguese anentérico
  • anentéricowithout a stomach or an intestine
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APA

anenterous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anenterous

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“anenterous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anenterous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anenterous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anenterous.

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