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abdomen

1. In higher animals: the portion of the body that contains the pancreas, stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder, and other viscera organs other than the lungs and heart.2. In insects and other arthropods: the rearmost segment of the body, which contains part of the digestive tract and all the reproductive organs.
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