Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dufour's gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: du-four's g-land
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

First described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

Inflected Forms

Dufour's glands (plural)

Questions

What does dufour's gland mean?: An abdominal gland in certain insects, part of the anatomy of the ovipositor or sting apparatus in female members of Apocrita.
Where does dufour's gland come from?: First described by Léon Jean Marie Dufour in 1841.

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