| hepato-pancreas | medical dictionary |
<marine biology> Digestive gland of crustaceans with functions approximately analogous to liver and pancreas of vertebrates enzyme secretion, food absorption and storage.
<zoology> A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc, usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.
(01 Mar 1998)
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