glandes

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7

Definition of glandes

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural, rare)plural of glans
    “1960, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, page 1, With few exceptions, other genera of New World cricetids possess more elaborate glandes that are embellished with an assortment of soft and spinous adornments”
    “1962, Barbara S. Hart and Emmet Thurman Hooper, A Synopsis of Recent North American Microtine Rodents, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, As a result of their efforts there is a sizable body of information regarding Old World microtine glandes and their usefulness in classification.”
    “2003, Rowena Spencer, Conjoined Twins: Developmental Malformations and Clinical Implications, Johns Hopkins University Press, pages 193–194, The males may have penoscrotal transposition, two scrotums surrounding a single penis with one or two glandes and/or urethras and/or multiple corpora cavernosa.”

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Etymology

Borrowed directly from Latin.

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