DIGESTIVE GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digestive gland mean? 

• DIGESTIVE GLAND (noun)
  The noun DIGESTIVE GLAND has 1 sense:

1. any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract

  Familiarity information: DIGESTIVE GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGESTIVE GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("digestive gland" is a kind of...):

duct gland; exocrine; exocrine gland (a gland that secretes externally through a duct)

Holonyms ("digestive gland" is a part of...):

digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium (the system that makes food absorbable into the body)