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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of a pair of endocrine glands located in the prothorax of certain insects and secreting a hormone that regulates molting.
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- noun biology Either of a pair of glands, in the
prothorax ofinsects , which produceecdysone
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