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green gland

NOUN
  1. 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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  • Claus, that the "green gland" really opens at the end of the process described by Milne-Edwards as a "tubercule auditif" and by Spence Bate as an "olfactory denticle. Facts and Arguments for Darwin
  • Green glands in the second antennae serve an osmoregulatory and excretory function.
  • The old man continued to blow into his horn, concluding his ritornelle in three notes with a mute laugh that wrinkled the corners of his eyes and shook the green glands of his head-gear. Tartarin On The Alps
  • Claus, that the "green gland" really opens at the end of the process described by Milne-Edwards as a "tubercule auditif" and by Spence Bate as an "olfactory denticle. Facts and Arguments for Darwin
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