Malpighian vessel

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• malpighian vessel — noun see malpighian tubule * * * Malpighian tube, Malpighian tubule, or Malpighian vessel, a tubeshaped gland in insects and arachnids that is connected to the alimentary canal and serves as an excretory organ …   Useful english dictionary

• malpighian tube — noun see malpighian tubule * * * one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Also called Malpighian tubule, Malpighian vessel. * * * Malpighian tube, Malpighian …   Useful english dictionary

• Malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Also called Malpighian tubule, Malpighian vessel. * * * …   Universalium

• malpighian tubule — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

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