crumenn.
/ˈkruːmɛn/ Zoology.
The suborbital gland in deer and antelopes, secreting a waxy substance.
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1875 W. H. Flower in Proc. Zool. Soc. 160 There was no suborbital gland or crumen [in a musk-deer].
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 348/2 The suborbital gland or ‘crumen’ of Antelopes and Deer.
1902 F. E. Beddard in Cambr. Nat. Hist. X. xi. 299 There is no crumen or suborbital gland [in the musk-deer].
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