trophocyte
chiefly Entomology
noun
Any of various types of cell serving a nutritive function; especially a specialized cell of the fat body or a nurse cell of the ovary in an insect.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. After Italian trofocito.
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