"polaroplast" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: polaroplasts [plural]
Etymology: From polar + -o- + -plast. Etymology templates: {{af|en|polar|-o-|-plast}} polar + -o- + -plast Head templates: {{en-noun}} polaroplast (plural polaroplasts)
  1. An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm escapes to infect the host.

Inflected forms

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