| 单词 | green gland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen gland green gland n. Zoology (in crustaceans) each of a pair of excretory organs having a greenish bladder, opening via a duct and pore at the coxae of the antennae or of a pair of legs (also called antennal gland and coxal gland respectively). ΚΠ 1854 W. I. Burnett tr. C. T. E. von Siebold in tr. C. T. E. von Siebold & H. Stannius Compar. Anat. I. xii. 324/2 Neuwyler has given the green glands of the craw-fish a special examination. 1893 T. R. R. Stebbing Hist. Crustacea iv. 38 The first, or basal joint of the peduncle..very often carries a tubercle in connection with the ‘green gland’, of which the function is supposed to be renal. 1952 J. A. Ramsay Physiol. Approach Lower Animals iv. 58 In the shore crab Carcinus the excretory organ is the antennary gland, or green gland, and consists of three parts. 2004 Internat. Congr. Ser. 1275 102 The nephridial canal is positioned at the periphery of the green gland. < as lemmas |
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