Anus
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"On examining the horse, Balso found that there were but three openings: the mouth, the navel, and the posterior opening of the alimentary canal. The mouth was beyond his reach, the navel proved a cul-de-sac, and so, forgetting his dignity, he approached the last. O Anus Mirabilis!"--The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931) by Nathanael West |
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The lower opening of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. It is a bodily orifice.
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See also
- Anus loquens, a trope in floklore
- The Solar Anus (1931), a text by French philospher Georges Bataille
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Etymology
First attested in 1658, from Old French anus, from Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ano- (“ring”).
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