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hepatopancreas

[ hep-uh-toh-pan-kree-uhs, -pang-, hi-pat-uh- ]

noun

Anatomy.
  1. a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.


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  • ³ó±ð±è·²¹Â·³Ù´Ç·±è²¹²Ô·³¦°ù±ð·²¹³Ù·¾±³¦ [hep-, uh, -toh-pan-kree-, at, -ik, -pang-, hi-pat-, uh, -], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hepatopancreas1

First recorded in 1880–85; hepato- + pancreas
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Example Sentences

The crab’s flesh is stirred with the soft, mustard-colored hepatopancreas excavated from its innards.

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It was also the “mustard,†the jolly euphemism for the crab’s bile-yellow hepatopancreas.

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