English Explanatory Dictionary

pinacocyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.

Word forms

pinacocyte pinacocytes

Etymology

From pinaco(derm) + -cyte.

Related words

amoebocyte choanocyte

Derived words

basopinacocyte endopinacocyte exopinacocyte pinacocytic

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