any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion

any of various glands that secrete a fluid, especially saliva into the mouth cavity

One of several pairs of glands in the mouth that secrete saliva.

SAL-ih-vair-ee A gland in the mouth that produces saliva.

Pair of large glands, one along each side of the buccal tube and pharyngeal bulb; opens anteriorly into buccal tube.

The salivary glands in mammals are exocrine glands that produce saliva. In other taxa such as insects, salivary glands are often used to produce biologically important proteins such as silk or glues. Salivary glands have proven to be very useful to students of genetics due to the occurrence of polytene chromosomes that are common in the salivary gland cells of many Diptera.