A glandular organ of digestion present in crustaceans, molluscs, and certain other invertebrates.
〔动〕消化腺
Example sentencesExamples
It functions as the principal store of cations and phosphate in the grain and as a digestive gland that synthesizes and secretes a range of acid hydrolases.
The shell is secreted by the mantle, which lines it and also encloses the mantle cavity within which are the gills, the osphradium (a chemo-sensory organ), and openings of the digestive glands.
From the mouth, particles are moved through a short esophagus to the digestive gland surrounding the stomach.
In the ensuing few hours the trap seals itself airtight, and digestive glands in the leaf secrete enzymes that reduce the insect to a dry husk.
One section, including a piece of the digestive gland, was frozen at - 80°C for further electrophoretic analyses.
Definition of digestive gland in US English:
digestive gland
noun
Zoology
A glandular organ of digestion present in crustaceans, mollusks, and certain other invertebrates.
〔动〕消化腺
Example sentencesExamples
In the ensuing few hours the trap seals itself airtight, and digestive glands in the leaf secrete enzymes that reduce the insect to a dry husk.
It functions as the principal store of cations and phosphate in the grain and as a digestive gland that synthesizes and secretes a range of acid hydrolases.
From the mouth, particles are moved through a short esophagus to the digestive gland surrounding the stomach.
The shell is secreted by the mantle, which lines it and also encloses the mantle cavity within which are the gills, the osphradium (a chemo-sensory organ), and openings of the digestive glands.
One section, including a piece of the digestive gland, was frozen at - 80°C for further electrophoretic analyses.