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uricotelic

(-tel′ik)

adjective

designating those animals, as reptiles or birds, that excrete most of their waste nitrogen in the form of uric acid, usually in the urine

See uricotelic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Excreting uric acid as the chief component of nitrogenous waste.

Related Forms:

uˌri·co·telˈism (-kō-tĕlˈĭzˌəm, -kŏtˈl-) noun

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