archaeocyte
noun
ar·chaeo·cyte
variants or less commonly archeocyte
ˈ⸗⸗⸗ or ⸗ˈ⸗⸗ at archae- + ˌsīt
plural -s
: an indifferent commonly amoeboid interstitial cell
specifically : any of certain amoebocytes of sponges that have large nuclei and blunt pseudopods, are believed to be persistent undifferentiated embryonic cells, and develop into the sex cells
Word History
Etymology
archae- + -cyte