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flame cell

A hollow cell in the excretory system of certain invertebrates, including flatworms and rotifers, containing a tuft of rapidly beating cilia that serve to propel waste products into excretory tubules.

flame cell

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an organ of excretion in flatworms: a hollow cup-shaped cell containing a bunch of cilia, whose movement draws in waste products and wafts them to the outside through a connecting tubule

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flame cell - organ of excretion in flatworms

flatworm, platyhelminth - parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

excretory organ, urinary organ - an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them

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flame cell (redirected from Protonephridia)

flame cell
(redirected from Protonephridia)