Word.ws English Dictionary

collocyte

collocyte noun: any of various cells that produce gluey substances, that bind or capture prey or objects by securing them with gluey materials and structures, or that simply have a smooth and gelatinous appearance.

Noun

collocyte (plural collocytes)

  1. Any of various cells that produce gluey substances, that bind or capture prey or objects by securing them with gluey materials and structures, or that simply have a smooth and gelatinous appearance.
    Synonyms:
    glue cell

Synonyms of collocyte

Forms of collocyte

pluralcollocytes

Origin of collocyte

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -cyte.

Questions about collocyte

What does collocyte mean?
Collocyte means any of various cells that produce gluey substances, that bind or capture prey or objects by securing them with gluey materials and structures, or that simply have a smooth and gelatinous appearance.
What part of speech is collocyte?
Collocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of collocyte?
The plural of collocyte is collocytes.

Words near collocyte in the dictionary

  1. collocution
  2. collocutions
  3. collocutor
  4. collocutors
  5. collocutory
  6. collocyte
  7. collocytes
  8. collodarian
  9. collodarians
  10. collodia
  11. collodiaphyseal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: collocyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “collocyte.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/collocyte. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.