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bacteroidal cell
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Definition of bacteroidal cell
: a peritoneal or coelomic cell in certain invertebrates that is packed with rodlike inclusions thought by some to be bacterial symbionts and by others excretory products
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First Known Use of bacteroidal cell
1930
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