CENTRIOLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("centriole" is a kind of...):

cell organ; cell organelle; organelle (a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ)

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