mucilaginous gland
noun
1 Anatomy any of the accumulations of adipose tissue beneath the synovial membrane of certain joints, originally supposed to secrete synovial fluid (now historical ).
2 Zoology a spermatophoric gland of a cephalopod (now rare ).
Origin
Late 17th century.
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