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塩類腺 (enruisen) Japanese meaning: salt gland | Kotomora

塩えん類るい腺せん

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ん

る

い

せ

ん

Meanings

1

salt gland

A gland found in some marine animals and birds that excretes excess salt.

海うみ鳥どりの塩えん類るい腺せんは、海かい水すいを飲のんでも体たい内ないの塩えん分ぶん

濃のう

度ど

を

調ちょう

節せつ

できる

。

The salt gland of seabirds allows them to regulate their body's salt concentration even when drinking seawater.

Kanji

塩salt
類sort, kind, variety
腺gland, (kokuji)

Built from

塩えん類るい+腺せん

Etymology

Compound of 塩類 (enrui, 'salts') + 腺 (sen, 'gland').