- hemolymph gland
- noun
or hemolymph node
: any of several small chiefly retroperitoneal nodes of tissue resembling lymph nodes but having the lymph spaces replaced in whole or in part by blood sinuses
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hemolymph gland
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