a. Zool. [f. next + -AL.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a colleterium. Colleterial gland: = COLLETERIUM.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, Introd. p. cxi. A number of ‘colleterial’ glands which secrete a glutinous material for fixing the ova to various external objects.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 270. A colleterial gland.
