| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·nus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |    n s |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. a·nus·es
The opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste is eliminated from the body. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin nus, ring, anus.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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