COLLAR CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collar cell mean? 

• COLLAR CELL (noun)
  The noun COLLAR CELL has 1 sense:

1. any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body

  Familiarity information: COLLAR CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLAR CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

choanocyte; collar cell

Hypernyms ("collar cell" is a kind of...):

flagellated cell (any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum)