MALPIGHIAN TUBULE


Meaning of MALPIGHIAN TUBULE in English

noun

also malpighian tube or malpighian vessel

Usage: usually capitalized M

: one of the 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

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