Malpighian tubules
Britishplural noun
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Malpighian tubules are tiny, bulb-shaped organs that open to an excretory pore in leeches.
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Malpighian tubules are the tubules within a nephron in humans.
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The Malpighian tubules filter waste materials out of the blood, or hemolymph, of insects.
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For example, contractile vacuoles are common in microorganisms; flame cells and nephridia in certain species and worms, and Malpighian tubules in insects are other examples of excretory systems.
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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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