green gland

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   one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae

   Broadergland

   Part ofcrustacean

Questions about green gland

What does green gland mean?

green gland means "one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae".

Is green gland a common word?

green gland is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.