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Meaning of 'kidney' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Kidney [ n.]
- A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.
- Habit; disposition; sort; kind.
- A waiter.

Meaning of 'kidney' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . kidney [ n]
Meaning (1):
- either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine
Example in sentence:
  • urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder

Nearby Words:

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