Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salt gland

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: salt g-land
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a specialized gland, located near the eyes or nose of certain marine animals that secretes a liquid having a high salt content; it enables the animal to drink seawater without having to eliminate the excess salt through the kidneys

Inflected Forms

salt glands (plural)

Questions

What does salt gland mean?: a specialized gland, located near the eyes or nose of certain marine animals that secretes a liquid having a high salt content; it enables the animal to drink seawater without having to eliminate the excess salt through the kidneys

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