"vanadocyte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vanadocytes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vanadocyte (plural vanadocytes)
  1. The blood cell of sea squirts, containing hemovanadin rather than hemoglobin. Categories (topical): Vanadium

Inflected forms

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