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gland of Deshayes

gland of Deshayes noun: a special organ in shipworms that digests the cellulose in the fine particles of wood formed by their boring action.

Noun

gland of Deshayes (plural glands of Deshayes)

  1. A special organ in shipworms that digests the cellulose in the fine particles of wood formed by their boring action.

Forms of gland of Deshayes

pluralglands of Deshayes

Questions about gland of Deshayes

What does gland of Deshayes mean?
Gland of Deshayes means a special organ in shipworms that digests the cellulose in the fine particles of wood formed by their boring action.
What part of speech is gland of Deshayes?
Gland of Deshayes is a noun.
What is the plural of gland of Deshayes?
The plural of gland of Deshayes is glands of Deshayes.

Words near gland of Deshayes in the dictionary

  1. glancingly
  2. glancings
  3. Glancy
  4. Glancys
  5. gland
  6. gland of Deshayes
  7. glandage
  8. glandectomies
  9. glandectomy
  10. Glander
  11. glandered

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