- peptonephridia
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n. pl. [Gr. pepton, digested; nephros, kidney](ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta)Organs opening into the buccal cavity of pharynx (supposedly modified nephridia).
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
peptonephridia
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salivary gland — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Glands that open into the mouth, esophagus or at the beginning of the alimentary canal, that secrete a digestive substance; see labial gland, esophageal glands, peptonephridia. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Cephalopoda) In Sepia and… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
