[′träf·ə‚sīt] (invertebrate zoology) A nutritive cell of the ovary or testis of an insect.
trophocyte
troph·o·cyte
(trof'ō-sīt), A cell that supplies nourishment; for example, Sertoli cells in the seminiferous tubules. Synonym(s): trephocyte [tropho- + G. kytos, cell]