"macronucleus" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From macro- + nucleus.",
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          "ref": "1890, American Philosophical Society, Proceedings",
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        "The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell."
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        "(biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell."
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          "word": "meganucleus"
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