Lexic.us

Definition of Oil gland

1. Noun. A gland that secretes oil.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil Gland

Literary usage of Oil gland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays on Natural History, Chiefly Ornithology by Charles Waterton (1844)
"THE WINDHOVER HAWK, AND THE OIL- GLAND. ON my return from Belgium, in the middle of May, 1844, whilst perusing the seventeenth number of the Zoologist, ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The stuffing-box is usually provided with a thimble or oil-gland Y placed about midway between the two ends. A certain amount of packing is first inserted ..."

3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1876)
"Have an ambiens muscle, caeca, and oil gland ; no gall bladder ; 12 rectrices ... Accessory femoro-caudal muscle absent ; oil gland and gall bladder present ..."

4. Charles Waterton, His Home, Habits, and Handiwork: Reminiscences of an by Richard Hobson (1867)
"To those readers who may not be versed in ornithological anatomy or physiology, I should explain, that the oil-gland in birds is situated at the extreme end ..."

5. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"No ambiens muscle, oil-gland, or intestinal circa ; tarsus shorter than tbe ... Ambiens and oil-gland present, no caeca; tarsus longer than middle toe ..."

6. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"(7) With no oil-gland, no caeca, and no ambiens muscle, viz. Treron, Goura. The only combination not found being that (8) in which, of the three structures ..."

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