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prothoracic glands

prothoracic glands is the plural of prothoracic gland.

Meaning of prothoracic gland

Noun

prothoracic gland (plural prothoracic glands)

  1. Either of a pair of glands, in the prothorax of insects, which produce ecdysone

Questions about prothoracic glands

What is prothoracic glands the plural of?
Prothoracic glands is the plural of prothoracic gland.

Words near prothoracic glands in the dictionary

  1. prothonotaryship
  2. prothonotaryships
  3. prothoraces
  4. prothoracic
  5. prothoracic gland
  6. prothoracic glands
  7. prothoracicotropic
  8. prothoracicotropic hormone
  9. prothoracicotropic hormones
  10. prothorax
  11. prothoraxes

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