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hepatopancreas
[ hep-uh-toh-pan-kree-uhs, -pang-, hi-pat-uh- ]
noun
Anatomy.
- a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··ٴ·貹··· [hep-, uh, -toh-pan-kree-, at, -ik, -pang-, hi-pat-, uh, -], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hepatopancreas1
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The crab’s flesh is stirred with the soft, mustard-colored hepatopancreas excavated from its innards.
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It was also the “mustard,” the jolly euphemism for the crab’s bile-yellow hepatopancreas.
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