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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 Word Forms
- hepatopancreatic adjective
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Word 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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