food vacuole


nounCell Biology.
  1. a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.

Origin of food vacuole

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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British Dictionary definitions for food vacuole

food vacuole

noun
  1. biology a cavity surrounding ingested food particles in some protozoans

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