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green gland

green gland

9.9
An organ near the antenna base that removes waste and controls water and salt in crabs and lobsters
  • noun
  • /ɡrin ɡlænd/
  • Specialized
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  • The green gland in crayfish helps regulate water and salt balance in their bodies.

Examples

  • Scientists observed that the green gland was vital for removing waste from the lobster's system.

  • Damage to the green gland can disrupt the excretory process in many crustaceans.

  • The green gland helps crustaceans excrete waste.

  • Crabs have a pair of green glands for excretion.

  • Damage to the green gland can disrupt the excretory process in many crustaceans.

  • The green gland in crayfish helps regulate water and salt balance in their bodies.

  • Scientists observed that the green gland was vital for removing waste from the lobster's system.

Surface Forms

green gland singular
green glands plural

Morphology

green + gland

The phrase is compositionally transparent in that a learner who knows 'green' and 'gland' will readily infer it denotes a gland that is green. However, the precise technical sense — a specific pair of excretory organs near the antennae of crustaceans and their function — is specialized biological knowledge not fully predictable from the constituents, so full understanding requires domain knowledge.

Etymology

Green gland comes from how it looks: early scientists saw a small, green organ near the base of a crab's or lobster's long antennae and called it a gland. That's why the name now means the organ that 'removes waste' and helps balance water and salts in these animals.