Animals that excrete mainly uric acid as the end product of nitrogen metabolism.
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Ureotelous animals
Animals that excrete mainly urea as the end product of nitrogen metabolism.
Ureter
A narrow muscular tube conveying urine from the kidneys to the middle section of...
Urine
Excretion of the kidneys.
Urine in poultry
In the cloaca, the concentrated secretion of the kidneys; a component of the dro...