polaroplasts

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A form of polaroplast — An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm escapes to infect the host.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of polaroplast
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