单词 | purple gland |
释义 | > as lemmaspurple gland purple gland n. Zoology the hypobranchial gland of some gastropod molluscs, esp. those that yield Tyrian purple. ΚΠ 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 648/2 The presence of glandular plication of the surface of the mantle-flap..and an adrectal gland (purple-gland). 1958 J. E. Morton Molluscs ii. 47 Indigoid pigments occur as in the purple gland in Muricacea, often too in their egg cases. 2001 Systematic Biol. 50 785/1 Two glands in sea hares produce an external secretion, the opaline gland..and the ink or purple gland. < as lemmas |
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