digestive gland
noun
any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
Origin of digestive gland
1First recorded in 1935–40
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How to use digestive gland in a sentence
Note the large stomach-cavity, surrounded by the digestive gland.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. KelloggA pair of large glandular outgrowths, the so-called “liver” or great digestive gland, exists as in other Molluscs.
Note a yellow fringe-like structure, the digestive gland, which fills most of the region about the stomach.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. KelloggIn fact, it is the most powerful digestive gland in the body.
A Handbook of Health | Woods Hutchinson
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