(n) French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878), Syn. Claude Bernard
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(Zool.) A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury. [ 1913 Webster ]