cement gland

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cement gland: 1. Any of certain glands of invertebrates that secrete an adhesive substance.

2. (Acanthocephala) A gland or glands near the male testes that secretes a binding medium that facilitates copulation with the female.

3. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) Specialized dermal cells of barnacles that secrete the calcareous substance of the valves.

4. (NEMATA) see caudal gland.

5. (Rotifera) see pedal glands.