oil gland
AmericanEtymology
Origin of oil gland
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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“I'm willing to accept the hypothesis that this oil gland and capillary system provides lubrication for the swordfish that may help reduce its drag,” she says.
From National Geographic
Bailey has suggested that this functions as an oil gland for dressing the fur, and our observations bear out this view.
From Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Vorhies, Charles Taylor
A gland may be a simple pocket, or follicle, as is an oil gland of the skin, or it may be an aggregate of such glands, as is the liver.
From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods
On the entire body, birds have only one gland—the oil gland above the base of the tail, which supplies an unctuous dressing for the feathers.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
The oil gland varies in development, and is sometimes absent.
From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel
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