Green gland Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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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  1. (Zoöl.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antennæ.

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