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glands of Deshayes

glands of Deshayes is the plural of gland of Deshayes.

Meaning of gland of Deshayes

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.

Questions about glands of Deshayes

What is glands of Deshayes the plural of?
Glands of Deshayes is the plural of gland of Deshayes.

Words near glands of Deshayes in the dictionary

  1. Glandon blue
  2. Glandon blues
  3. Glandons
  4. glandotropic
  5. glands
  6. glands of Deshayes
  7. glandular
  8. glandular fever
  9. glandular fevers
  10. glandularity
  11. glandularly

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