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digestive gland

noun

Definition of DIGESTIVE GLAND

:  a gland secreting digestive enzymes
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First Known Use of DIGESTIVE GLAND

1940

Rhymes with DIGESTIVE GLAND

adrenal gland, analysand, back of one's hand, Bechuanaland, cloud-cuckoo-land, endocrine gland, fantasyland, Franz Josef Land, head-in-the-sand, mammary gland, misunderstand, multiplicand, pineal gland, Somaliland, Sudetenland, to beat the band, vacationland, videoland, Witwatersrand
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digestive gland

noun

Medical Definition of DIGESTIVE GLAND

:  a gland secreting digestive enzymes

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