中ちゅう腸ちょう腺せん

noun

hepatopancreas; midgut gland

Anatomical term for a digestive gland found in arthropods and mollusks, combining functions of the liver and pancreas.

• エビの中ちゅう腸ちょう腺せんは、肝かん膵すい臓ぞうとも呼よばれる。

  The shrimp's hepatopancreas is also called the midgut gland.