ground glass jar

ground glass jar
a glass vessel with a finely ground neck internally and a matching stopper, used to store fish specimens in museum collections. The seal is often very effective and vaseline or some other substance may be used to further prevent evaporation or preservative

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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