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Chyme

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Habitation noun · 86% connection

the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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Algaroba noun · 78% connection

The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable g…

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Batter verb · 78% connection

A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

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Berry noun · 78% connection

A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as the currant, grape, blueberry.

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Bots n. pl. · 78% connection

The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…

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Cardiospasm noun · 78% connection

a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing th…

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Cast noun · 78% connection

That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a eart…

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Chylaceous adjective · 78% connection

Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

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Chylifaction noun · 78% connection

The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

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Chylifactive adjective · 78% connection

Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

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Chylify v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

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Digestion noun · 78% connection

The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

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Drupelet noun · 78% connection

A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

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