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排遺

简排遗 · 繁排遺

Mandarin · pinyin pái yí

(biology) to egest
egesta (feces, scat etc)

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排: pái · row, rank, line
遺: Look up this written character
遗: yí · lose; articles lost; omit

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2–2 · pai2 yi2

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paai4 wai4

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verb

(biology) to defecate

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