What does "cytula" mean?

The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.

Cytula

noun

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Noun

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The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.
"It is only after fertilization is accomplished that a new cell-kernel arises in this cytod, which thus becomes the parent-cell (Cytula )"

"It is only after fertilization is accomplished that a new cell-kernel arises in this cytod, which thus becomes the parent-cell (Cytula )"

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).

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