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porocyte

porocyte noun: one of the tubular cells that make up the pores of a sponge.

Noun

porocyte (plural porocytes)

  1. One of the tubular cells that make up the pores of a sponge.

Forms of porocyte

pluralporocytes

Origin of porocyte

From poro- + -cyte.

Questions about porocyte

What does porocyte mean?
Porocyte means one of the tubular cells that make up the pores of a sponge.
What part of speech is porocyte?
Porocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of porocyte?
The plural of porocyte is porocytes.

Words near porocyte in the dictionary

  1. porocephalid
  2. porocephalids
  3. porocephalosis
  4. poroconidia
  5. poroconidium
  6. porocyte
  7. porocytes
  8. porocytosis
  9. porodinous
  10. poroelastic
  11. poroelasticity

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