cytococcus

English

Etymology

From cyto- + -coccus.

Noun

cytococcus (plural cytococci)

  1. (biology) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
    • 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man:
      from the mixture of the two forms the parent-kernel (cytococcus) seems to originate
    • 1991, Pang-yen Huang, Bangyan Huang, Qian Yang, editors, Proceedings of the International Citrus Symposium: Guangzhou, China, Nov. 5-8, 1990, International Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 524:
      After fertilization, cytococci divided speedily and free edosmosis with nuclei formed, started the growth of the embryo.

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