cyanoblast

cyanoblast
n. [Gr. kyaneos, dark-blue; blastos, bud]
The immature stage of a cyanocyte (hemocyte) that contains polyribosomes, cisternae often filled with dense granular material, small Golgi apparatus and mitochondria; reported to be typical of an active protein-synthesizing and storing cell.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • cyanocyte — n. [Gr. kyaneos, dark blue; kytos, container] A hemocyte that breaks down and releases hemocyanin into the hemolymph; see cyanoblast …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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