excretory

[ ek-skri-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ik-skree-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈɛk skrɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ɪkˈskri tə ri /

pertaining to or concerned in excretion; having the function of excreting: excretory organs.

Origin of excretory

First recorded in 1675–85; excrete + -ory¹

In the remaining parts of the excretory organs the two species of Scyllium resemble each other very closely.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 |Francis Maitland Balfour
Peripatus, where also the excretory organs, which are true segmental organs, are partly somatic and partly appendicular.

The Origin of Vertebrates |Walter Holbrook Gaskell
For a long time the pronephros and its duct form the only excretory organs of larval Amphibia.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) |Francis Maitland Balfour
This difference accounts for two facts which were mentioned in connection with the excretory organs of the adult, viz.

The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 |Francis Maitland Balfour

In supplementing the work of the kidneys and the lungs, the excretory function of the skin is only secondary in importance.

Vitality Supreme |Bernarr Macfadden

excretory

[ ĕk′skrĭ-tôr′ē ]

Of, relating to, or used in excretion.