hepatopancreas

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noun

An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.

Similar
digestive glandtomalley
OriginEnglish pancreas ← Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr) ← Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər →
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Meanings

nounhepatopancreas (plural hepatopancreases or hepatopancreata)

plural hepatopancreases · plural hepatopancreata

  1. An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.

    Synonyms: digestive gland, tomalley

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.

Similar
digestive glandtomalley

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
  4. Ancient Greekἧπᾰρ (hêpăr)
  5. Englishhepato-
  6. Englishpancreas
  7. Englishhepatopancreas

From hepato- + pancreas.

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Translations

Finnish maksahaima, hepatopancreas
  • maksahaimaorgan of digestive tract
  • hepatopancreasorgan of digestive tract
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APA

hepatopancreas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatopancreas

MLA

“hepatopancreas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatopancreas. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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