Nephridium

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  • noun. A tubular excretory organ in many invertebrates, such as mollusks and earthworms.
  • noun. The excretory organ of a vertebrate embryo from which the kidney develops.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The sexual or renal organ of mollusks, corresponding to the kidneys of the vertebrates, having an excretory and depurative office; the so-called organ of Bojanus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A segmental tubule; one of the tubules of the primitive urinogenital organs; a segmental organ. See Illust. under loeven's larva.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a tubular excretory organ in some invertebrates
  • noun. the embryonic excretory organ that develops into the kidney
  • Word Usage
    "“Did you get out the nephridium?” he said as graciously as he could."