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Hemocytes that vary in size and shape, phagocytic in function, characterized by possession of acidophilic granules in the cytoplasm; see granulocyte.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
granular hemocyte
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