uricotelic

uricotelic
uricotelic [yo͞or′i kōtel′ik]
adj.
designating those animals, as reptiles or birds, that excrete most of their waste nitrogen in the form of uric acid, usually in the urine: cf. UREOTELIC

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u·ri·co·tel·ic (yo͝or'ĭ-kō-tĕlʹĭk) adj.
Excreting uric acid as the chief component of nitrogenous waste.
  u'ri·co·telʹism (-kō-tĕlʹĭz'əm, -kŏtʹl-) n.

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