Nephridium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tubular excretory organ in many invertebrates, such as mollusks and earthworms.
  • n. The excretory organ of a vertebrate embryo from which the kidney develops.
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  • n. a tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates
  • n. the embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under loeven's larva.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The sexual or renal organ of mollusks, corresponding to the kidneys of the vertebrates, having an excretory and depurative office; the so-called organ of Bojanus.
    • Word Usage
    "“Did you get out the nephridium?” he said as graciously as he could."
    Variant
    loeven's larva   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cryptosporidium    idiom    iridium    presidium   
     
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