n.
Pronunciation: - ' ne-fr ə s, - ˌ fräs
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -roi \ - ˌ fro ̇ i \
Etymology: New Latin, from meta- + Greek nephros kidney ― more at NEPHRITIS
Date: 1884
: either member of the final and most caudal pair of the three successive pairs of vertebrate renal organs that functions as a permanent adult kidney in reptiles, birds, and mammals but is not present at all in lower forms ― compare MESONEPHROS , PRONEPHROS
– meta · neph · ric \ -frik \ adjective