Etymology

Bidder's organ

Today it means: A spherical, brownish organ in most members of the family Bufonidae (true toads), located just in front of the kidney, or mesonephros, and apparently involved in regulating sex hormones. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Friedrich Bidder.

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