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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the cutaneous cells of turbellarian worms, containing rhabdites.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A capsule having a spindle-like needle produced by epidermal cells of certain turbellarians.

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