CORPUS ALLATUM


Meaning of CORPUS ALLATUM in English

[corpus al.la.tum] n, pl corpora al.la.ta [NL, lit., applied body] (1947): one of a pair of separate or fused bodies in many insects that are sometimes closely associated with the corpora cardiaca and that secrete hormones (as juvenile hormone)

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