HINDGUT
- the rear part of the alimentary canal [n HINDGUTS]
- 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, com
- the posterior part of the embryonic alimentary canal from which the colon and rectum develop