The middle part of the alimentary canal, including (in vertebrates) the small intestine.
〔动〕中肠（消化道中间部分，脊椎动物的这部分包括小肠）
Example sentencesExamples
No nerve cells have been traced to innervate the longitudinal and circular muscle cells of the midgut.
For the same purpose, the adult uses glands located in the metaepipodits of the thoracic appendages, the maxillary glands, and the midgut.
These grow inward and eventually fuse to form the endoderm of the midgut, while ectoderm is dragged inward behind them at each end to form the foregut and the hindgut.
There was spiraling of the bowel around the midgut mesentery and the midgut was dusky in color.
The reproductive system is anatomically simple, and it seems that the two ovaries derive nutrition directly from the midgut, a feature also seen in freshwater chaetonotoid gastrotrichs.
Definition of midgut in US English:
midgut
nounˈmɪdˌɡətˈmidˌɡət
Zoology
The middle part of the alimentary canal, including (in vertebrates) the small intestine.
〔动〕中肠（消化道中间部分，脊椎动物的这部分包括小肠）
Example sentencesExamples
The reproductive system is anatomically simple, and it seems that the two ovaries derive nutrition directly from the midgut, a feature also seen in freshwater chaetonotoid gastrotrichs.
For the same purpose, the adult uses glands located in the metaepipodits of the thoracic appendages, the maxillary glands, and the midgut.
There was spiraling of the bowel around the midgut mesentery and the midgut was dusky in color.
These grow inward and eventually fuse to form the endoderm of the midgut, while ectoderm is dragged inward behind them at each end to form the foregut and the hindgut.
No nerve cells have been traced to innervate the longitudinal and circular muscle cells of the midgut.