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Waste matter
Answer for the clue "Waste matter ", 6 letters:
egesta
Alternative clues for the word egesta
Word definitions for egesta in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the excrement.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Egesta \E*ges"ta\, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest .] (Physiol.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta .
Usage examples of egesta.
We are learning that the chemistry of the body must be studied, not simply by its ingesta and egesta, but that there is a long intermediate series of changes which must be investigated in their own light, under their own special conditions.
The story was that Acestes was the son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and Egesta, a Trojan maiden.