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|definition=1. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In higher Diptera, a [[glandular organ]] surrounding the aorta just above the brain, formed by the combining of the [[corpora cardiaca]] and the [[corpora allata]] and the [[thoracic glands]]; Weismann's ring.  
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|definition=1. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In higher Diptera, a [[glandular organ]] surrounding the [[aorta]] just above the [[brain]], formed by the combining of the [[corpora cardiaca]] and the [[corpora allata]] and the [[thoracic glands]]; Weismann's ring.  
  
2. ([[Platyhelminthes]]: Trematoda) A ring of glands opening with the aperture above to secrete a substance to digest the epi[[dermal cells]] of the host.
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2. ([[Platyhelminthes]]: [[Trematoda]]) A ring of glands opening with the [[aperture]] above to secrete a substance to digest the epi[[dermal cells]] of the [[host]].
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Latest revision as of 23:29, 13 September 2013

ring gland: 1. (Arthropoda: Insecta) In higher Diptera, a glandular organ surrounding the aorta just above the brain, formed by the combining of the corpora cardiaca and the corpora allata and the thoracic glands; Weismann's ring.

2. (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) A ring of glands opening with the aperture above to secrete a substance to digest the epidermal cells of the host.