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About 20 percent of their wood-digesting enzyme activity happens in the hindgut, often with help from symbiotic microbes that break down cellulose.
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
About 20 percent of the roaches’ wood-digesting enzyme activity happens in the hindgut, often with help from symbiotic microbes that break down cellulose.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
Termites poop out perfect little hexagons By Dr. Jessica Ware
Termites eat cellulose, but rely on the endosymbionts in their hindgut to digest it.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 3 July 2024
Sugiura hypothesized that the beetle was using its legs to stimulate the hindgut, forcing the frog to defecate so the beetle could escape.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, the causative agent of Chagas disease, in the hindgut of a triatomine bug.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2014
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
About 20 percent of the roaches’ wood-digesting enzyme activity happens in the hindgut, often with help from symbiotic microbes that break down cellulose.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
Termites poop out perfect little hexagons By Dr. Jessica Ware
Termites eat cellulose, but rely on the endosymbionts in their hindgut to digest it.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 3 July 2024
Sugiura hypothesized that the beetle was using its legs to stimulate the hindgut, forcing the frog to defecate so the beetle could escape.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, the causative agent of Chagas disease, in the hindgut of a triatomine bug.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2014
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“Hindgut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hindgut. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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hindgut
noun
hind·gut
-ˌgət 
: the posterior part of the embryonic digestive tract
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