green gland
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green gland
n
(Zoology) one of a pair of excretory organs in some crustaceans that open at the base of each antenna
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| Noun | 1. | green gland - one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ - any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream |
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