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photocyte

photocyte noun: a bioluminescent cell.

Noun

photocyte (plural photocytes)

  1. A bioluminescent cell

Forms of photocyte

pluralphotocytes

Origin of photocyte

From photo- + -cyte.

Questions about photocyte

What does photocyte mean?
Photocyte means a bioluminescent cell.
What part of speech is photocyte?
Photocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of photocyte?
The plural of photocyte is photocytes.

Words near photocyte in the dictionary

  1. photocycloadditions
  2. photocyclodehydrogenation
  3. photocyclodehydrogenations
  4. photocycloreversion
  5. photocycloreversions
  6. photocyte
  7. photocytes
  8. photocytotoxic
  9. photocytotoxicities
  10. photocytotoxicity
  11. photodamage

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