Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
flam
flambé
flambeau
flamboyant
flame
flame-arc lamp
flame bait
flame carbon
flame cell
flame gun
flame nettle
flame of the forest
flame-retardant
flame test
flame tree
flame war
flamecrest
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

flame cell

flame cell (plural flame cells)


noun 
Definition:
 
excretory cell in flatworms: in some invertebrates such as flatworms, a hollow excretory cell that has a tuft of projections cilia resembling hairs whose movement serves to force out waste products

[Because the movement of the cilia suggests tongues of flame]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft