spherulocyte

spherulocyte
n. [Gr. dim. sphaira, ball; kytos, hollow]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Ovoid or round hemocytes, variable in size, containing spherules reported to contain neutral or acid mucopolysaccharide, glyco-mucroproteins, lipochrome, trosinase and sulfated sialomucin; see spherule cell.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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