vespid venom gland

vespid venom gland
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, a type of venom gland in which two tubes end in a distinct spherically formed reservoir whose wall has a strong muscular layer, but no glandular elements.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • venom gland — 1. A gland secreting an irritating or lethal substance. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In true spiders, a pair of glands situated in the cephalothorax; in others, on the chelicerae with ducts traversing each claw with an oval slit opening near the… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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