heterocyst
[ het-er-uh-sist ]
nounBacteriology.
one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some cyanobacteria.
Origin of heterocyst
1- Also called het·er·o·cyte [het-er-uh-sahyt] /ˈhɛt ər əˌsaɪt/ .
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