💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Heterocyte"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| heterocystnoun | A specialized nitrogen-fixing cell formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria. |
| proheterocystnoun | A structure, in cyanobacteria, that develops into a heterocyst |
| cyanophytenoun | (bacteriology) cyanobacterium |
| necridianoun | Dead cells in cyanobacteria filaments. |
| heterococcolithophorenoun | A heteromorphic (diploid) coccolithophore |
| nostocnoun | Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. |
| bacteroidnoun | A bacterium of the species Bacteroides. |
| heterokontophytenoun | (biology) Any heterokont alga |
| cyanomorphnoun | (biology) The form of a specific lichen that has a cyanobacterium as its photobiont |
| cyanophilnoun | (cytology) A cell that is differentially coloured blue by a cytological dye |
| hormogoniumnoun | (biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament. |
| heterozooidnoun | (biology) A specialized non-feeding bryozoan zooid |
| cyanospongenoun | (biology) A symbiont of a cyanobacterium and a sponge |
| heterokontnoun | (biology) Any member of the superphylum Heterokonta, most of which are algae. |
| nitrophilenoun | Any nitrophilous organism. |
| aerotopenoun | (biology) A gas-filled vesicle in the cells of some cyanobacteria |
| akinetenoun | (biology) A thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae |
| heteronemerteannoun | Such an organism |
| prohaemocytenoun | Alternative form of prohemocyte. [(biology) A form of invertebrate stem cell that becomes a hemocyte] |
| heterothallic | (botany, of some algae and fungi) Producing male and female reproductive structures in different plants |
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