Hoyle's organ

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Hoyle's organ: (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) In embryonic Sepia, a distinct set of cells in an anchor-shaped complex at the site of the shell sac closure; a hatching gland that produces a proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the chorion and surrounding envelope.
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