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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RETROMINGENT

a.Discharging the urine backwards.

 

RETROMINGENT

n.In zoology, an animal that discharges its urine backwards. The retromingents are a division of animals whose characteristic is that they discharge their urine backwards, both male and female.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RETROMINGENT

Re `tro *min "gent, a. Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. mingens, p. pr. of mingere to urinate. ]

 

Defn: Organized so as to discharge the urine backward. -- n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An animal that discharges its urine backward.