egesta

[ee-jes-tuh, ih-jes-]

e·ges·ta

[ee-jes-tuh, ih-jes-]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.

Origin:
1780–90; neuter plural of Latin ēgestus carried out. See egest
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Egesta is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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egesta (iːˈdʒɛstə)
 
pl n
anything egested, as waste material from the body; excrement
 
[C18: from Latin, literally: (things) carried out; see egest]

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egesta e·ges·ta (ē-jěs'tə)
pl.n.
Unabsorbed food residues that are discharged from the digestive tract.

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