Proteus gland

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The Nostrovite proteus gland. (TV: Something Borrowed)

The proteus gland was a large gland used by some species of shapeshifters such as the Nostrovites, though Nostrovites were believed[by whom?] to have taken the gland from another species. (TV: Something Borrowed)

Behind the scenes

The proteus gland shares its name with Proteus, a shapeshifting Greek deity.