adrectal, a. Zool.
(æˈdrɛktəl)
[f. ad- + rectal a.]
Situated at or near the rectum; spec. of or pertaining to the purpuriparous glands of certain molluscs.
| 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 648/2 The presence of glandular plication of the surface of the mantle-flap..and an adrectal gland (purple-gland). |