shell gland

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noun

zoology a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg

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How to use shell gland in a sentence

In A the shell-gland and the mouth and the rudiment of the enteron are shown; primitive mesoderm cells.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various
The shell-gland is destined in Limnaeus to become very rapidly stretched out, and to disappear.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various
The shell-gland arises as an epiblastic thickening on the posterior and dorsal side.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
In the centre is the mantle with the shell-gland which is now very considerably raised beyond the general surface.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

Its cells first become differentiated into mesoblast and hypoblast after the shell-gland has become a fairly deep pit.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour