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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

choanocyte

/(kō"ȧ*nō̇*sīt`; kō*ăn"ō̇*sīt`)/ · cho·a·no·cyte · IPA
01 n. any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around base of the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through th…
  1. 1.
    any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around base of the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body.
Syn. collar cell.