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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Pref.

retro-

+ L.

mingens

, p. pr. of

mingere

to urinate.]

Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.

–

Noun.

(Zool.)

An animal that discharges its urine backward.

Adj.

Discharging the urine backwards.

Noun.

In zoology, an animal that discharges its urine backwards.

The retromingents are a division of animals whose characteristic is that they discharge their urine backwards, both male and female.