transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈne-frəs, -ˌfräs ]
noun
( plural meta·neph·roi -ˌfrȯi)
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