digestive gland

American  

noun

1. any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.

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Etymology

Origin of digestive gland

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

It was adapted from a tuna fisherman named Joe in San Pedro and features lobster tomalley — the animal’s digestive gland — along with pine nuts and raisins.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

The digestive system includes a gizzard, a stomach, a digestive gland, and the intestine.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Well technically, it’s the tomalley—a digestive gland that’s the intestine, liver, and pancreas.

From Time • Aug. 27, 2014

Again, do not puncture the digestive gland or ink sac during this process.

From Scientific American • Jul. 7, 2011

The largest glands of the alimentary canal open into it—the liver, the chief digestive gland, that secretes the gall, and the pancreas, which secretes the pancreatic juice.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August