Malpighian tubules
Britishplural noun
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Some insects have evolved Malpighian tubules to excrete wastes and maintain osmotic balance.
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Malpighian tubules work cooperatively with specialized glands in the wall of the rectum.
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Malpighian tubules are the opening of the digestive sac in box jellyfish.
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Figure 32.12 Malpighian tubules of insects and other terrestrial arthropods remove nitrogenous wastes and other solutes from the hemolymph.
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Mostly parasitic in the intestine or Malpighian tubules of insects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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