Pinacocyte
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of a group of flattened polygonal cells that together make up the pinacoderm in the dermal epithelium of sponges.
"Minchin (1896, 1898, 1908) also concluded that the pinacocytes could leave the dermal epithelium and become calcoblasts in both larva and adult sponge."
Example
More examples"Minchin (1896, 1898, 1908) also concluded that the pinacocytes could leave the dermal epithelium and become calcoblasts in both larva and adult sponge."
Etymology
From pinaco(derm) + -cyte.
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