MALPIGHIAN TUBULE


Meaning of MALPIGHIAN TUBULE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1877

: any of a group of long blind vessels opening into the posterior part of the alimentary canal in most insects and some other arthropods and functioning primarily as excretory organs — called also Malpighian tube

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