Definition of Midguts

1. Noun. (plural of midgut) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Midguts

1. midgut [n] - See also: midgut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midguts

midget tossing
midgetism
midgetisms
midgetlike
midgets
midgey
midgie
midgies
midglide
midgracile
midgrade
midground
midgrounds
midgut
midguts (current term)
midheaven
midheight
midhinge
midhusband
midhusbands
midibus
midibuses
mididone
midinette
midinettes
midinterview
midiron
midirons
midis

Literary usage of Midguts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Activity is expressed in terms of the number of nanograms of fungal protease (Sigma, type VI) which exhibit comparable activity. t Entire midguts were used ..."

2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"... blood for they were caught near hens' nests with nucleated red blood cells in their midguts, and I have also taken many specimens of Anopheles umbrosus, ..."

3. Moubray's Treatise on Domestic and Ornamental Poultry: A Practical Guide to by John Lawrence, L. A. Meall, F. R. Horner (1854)
"A favourite mode of fattening ducks is by dieting them on what butchers call" midguts," that is, the small entrails of sheep ; 2 E 2 ..."

4. United States Naval Medical Bulletin by United States Navy Dept. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (1907)
"Though the Leishman-Donovan body has been recovered from the midguts of lice ... The parasite can be found in the midguts of bugs (Cimex macrocephalus") fed ..."

5. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"In in vitro assays with ligated midguts, the time required for H. bacteriophora to penetrate the midgut wall of Bp-infected grubs was 0.6 + ..."

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