FLAME CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame cell mean? 

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

1. organ of excretion in flatworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAME CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organ of excretion in flatworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

excretory organ; urinary organ (an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them)

Holonyms ("flame cell" is a part of...):

flatworm; platyhelminth (parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body)