metanephros
noun
one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
metanephric
-
a word derived from
metanephros.
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Mt. and Mt.d., the metanephros and metanephric duct, become the functional kidney and ureter in both sexes.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
