Alimentary canal, a passage 5 or 6 times the length of the body, lined throughout with mucous membrane, extends from the mouth to the anus, and includes mouth, fauces, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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