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green gland

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) one of a pair of excretory organs in some crustaceans that open at the base of each antenna

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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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green gland (redirected from Coxal gland)

green gland
(redirected from Coxal gland)