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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]
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