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Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
Ammonia is the chief nitrogenous excretory material in ..........

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The process of excretion ammonia is Ammonotelism. Many bony fishes aquatic amphibians and aquatic insects are ammonotelic in nature. Ammonia, as it is readily soluble, is generally excreted by diffusion across body surfaces or through the gill surfaces (in fish) as ammonium ions.
So the correct answer is bony fish.

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