green gland

/grin glænd/
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Other forms: green glands

Definitions of green gland
  1. noun
    one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae
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    type of:
    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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