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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An anteriorly or mesially dilated portion of the mid-gut of crustaceans.
  • noun In entomology, the second of the three prime morphologic divisions of the alimentary canal, the mid-intestine or ventriculus. It is furnished with cæcal glands.

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