cytula

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cytula - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cytula \Cyt"u*la\ (s?t"?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky`tos a hollow
     vessel.] (Biol.)
     The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development
     of which the child or other organism is formed. --H[ae]ckel.
     [1913 Webster]