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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A gland, such as a sebaceous gland, that secretes an oily substance.
  2. n. See uropygial gland.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.), (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a gland that secretes oil

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  1. exocrine
  1. duct gland
  1. exocrine gland

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  1. preen gland
  1. uropygial gland
  1. sebaceous gland
  1. sebaceous follicle
  1. glandulae sebaceae

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  1. uropygial gland
  1. preen gland
  1. elæodochon
  1. gland
  1. oil gland
  1. oil bag
  1. oil-bag
  1. oil-gland
  1. Piciformes

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