Crossword-Solution: CAECUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Caecum | n. | A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. |
| Caecum | n. | The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “CAECUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Colon neighbor: Var. | 1 answer |
| Site of the appendix | 1 answer |
| typhlon | 1 answer |
| BLIND end of first part of large intestine | 2 answers |
| BLIND gut | 2 answers |
| intestine part | 3 answers |
| part intestine | 3 answers |
| INTESTINE (large), part of the | 4 answers |
| INTESTINES, part of | 9 answers |
| BODY cavity | 11 answers |
| ALIMENTARY canal, part of the | 13 answers |
| DIGESTIVE tract, part of | 13 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CAECUM (5)
Montegazza writes to me from Florence, that he has lately been studying the last molar teeth in the different races of man, and has come to the same conclusion as that given in my text, viz., that in the higher or civilised races they are on the road towards atrophy or elimination.) With respect to the alimentary canal, I have met with an account of only a single rudiment, namely the vermiform appendage of the caecum.
The caecum is a branch or diverticulum of the intestine, ending in a cul-de-sac, and is extremely long in many of the lower vegetable-feeding mammals.
The caecum also, though short, is larger than that of carnivorous animals; and even here the orang-outang retains its accustomed similarity.
The dog-fox's caecum is so different from the vixen's that Gray would have made distinct genera of them.
Immediately behind this "Bauhin-valve" the first part of the large intestine forms a wide, pouch-like structure, the caecum.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1985–2010).