subesophageal body

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subesophageal body: (Arthropoda: Insecta) A number of large binucleate cells in the body cavity closely associated with the inner end of the stomodeum in Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Isoptera, Mallophaga, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.