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When one of the double jelly’s mouths consumed fluorescent-colored brine shrimp, both anuses eventually ejected waste—but not at the same time.—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024 The odd-looking creature had two heads, two mouths and two anuses.—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024 Everything in their system has a sick twist: the infamous mop rapes, sticking things up people’s anuses, and so on.—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 Celebrating the unusual, scientists who discovered mammals can breathe through their anuses were among the winners.—Daniel Wine, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for anus
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin ānus "ring, anus," perhaps going back to an Indo-European base *h1eh2n-o-, whence also, with different suffixation, Old Irish áinne "ring," Armenian anur, genitive-dative anroy "ring, necklace, collar"
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