cephalic heart

cephalic heart
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Odonata, a specialized pulsating organ that exerts pressure against the egg-shell in hatching and forces out a cap-like operculum; a pulsating organ.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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