wax gland

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• wax gland — noun : a gland (as in the honeybee and some scales) that secretes wax …   Useful english dictionary

• wax gland — Any gland in various parts of the body that secrete a waxy product in the form of a scale, string or powder …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• wax hair — noun : wax secreted by some psyllids or coccids and extruded as a filament through the opening of the wax gland …   Useful english dictionary

• Sebaceous gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = Sebaceous gland Latin = glandula sebacea GraySubject = 234 GrayPage = 1069 Caption = Schematic view of a hair follicle with sebaceous gland. Caption2 = Cross section of all skin layers. A hair follicle with associated… …   Wikipedia

• sweat gland — Anat. one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat. [1835 45] * * * Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool… …   Universalium

• Sweat gland — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption2 = Cross section of all skin layers. Sweat gland is labeled at center. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Sweat+glands MeshNumber = DorlandsPre …   Wikipedia

• Uropygial gland — The uropygial gland, or, more informally, the preen gland is a gland found in the large majority of birds that secretes an oil (preen oil) that birds use for preening. The chief compounds of preen oil are diester waxes called uropygiols.The gland …   Wikipedia

• sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin. [1720 30] * * * Small oil producing gland in the skin, usually connected to a hair follicle by a duct into which it releases sebum, a component of the slightly… …   Universalium

• dorsal gland orifice — 1. The opening of any dorsal gland. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diaspididae, disc pores and ducts for wax production on the surface of the pygidium …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction   any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …   Universalium

• Honey bee pheromones — are mixtures of chemical substances released by individual bees into the hive or environment that cause changes in the physiology and behaviour of other bees. IntroductionHoneybees have one of the most complex pheromonal communication systems… …   Wikipedia