HyperDic: green_gland

English > 1 sense of the expression green gland:
NOUNanimalgreen glandone of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae
English > green gland: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningOne of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae.
Part ofcrustaceanAny mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
Broadergland, secretory organ, secretor, secreterAny of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

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