dorsal vessel

noun

A central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects that circulates hemolymph (blood).

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Meanings

noundorsal vessel (plural dorsal vessels)

plural dorsal vessels

  1. biologyA central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects that circulates hemolymph (blood).
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