Nephridia is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
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From New Latin, dating back to 1875-80; See origin at nephr-, -idium
Portion of segmental organ of 4th and 5th legs, corresponding to vesicle of the other nephridia.
Note the delicate membranous dark-colored sac on the floor of the pericardium, the kidneys or nephridia.
Among the Terebelloidea there is a remarkable differentiation of the nephridia into two series.
The nephridia are not easily distinguished, though they are very numerous.
There are two organs, serving the function of kidneys, placed dorsally one upon each side of the body (nephridia).
This now creeps along the body of the female and takes up its home in her nephridia.
They are repeated in Polygordius, and are exactly 792 to be compared with similarly-placed cells in the nephridia of Amphioxus.
The function of the nephridia is to carry off waste matter from the fluid which fills the body-cavity.
The addition of a primitive vascular system and a pair of nephridia, or excretory organs, is first met with in the Nemertines.
They consist as a rule of but few segments to most of which a pair of nephridia belong.
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