Metanephros

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metanephros \Met`a*neph"ros\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? behind + ?
     kidney.] (Anat.)
     The most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal
     organs developed in many vertebrates.
     [1913 Webster]