Dufour's gland

English

Etymology

First described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

Noun

Dufour's gland (plural Dufour's glands)

  1. An abdominal gland in certain insects, part of the anatomy of the ovipositor or sting apparatus in female members of Apocrita.
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