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uriniferous
 
 

The hinder portion of the alimentary canal is perhaps also uriniferous.
— Brady · 'Copepoda' (1880)

uriniferous, adj. Anatomy. Conveying urine. Usually with duct, tubule, or (most frequently) tube.

utricide

Maintenance of Empire

How many homicides are necessary on the periphery to ensure the free flow of wine to the center?


That I after the slaughter of so many enemies..might embrace..not an homicide but an Utricide.
— Apuleius, 'Metamorphoses, The Golden Ass' (trans. William Adlington, 1566)

† utricide, n. Obsolete. One who stabs an inflated vessel of skin.