green gland

American

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.

green gland British

noun

one of a pair of excretory organs in some crustaceans that open at the base of each antenna

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Etymology

Origin of green gland

First recorded in 1885–90

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The green gland and the structures associated with it in Decapods were at one time regarded as constituting an auditory apparatus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

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