green gland

green gland

noun Zoology.
one of the pair of excretory organs in each side of the head region of decapod crustaceans, emptying at the base of the antennae.

Origin:
1885–90
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Green gland is always a great word to know.
So is porifera. Does it mean:
animal phylum comprised of sponges
warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, scaly legs and beak which bear young in shelled eggs
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green gland
 
n
one of a pair of excretory organs in some crustaceans that open at the base of each antenna

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