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trophophore (s) (noun), trophophores (pl)
One of the wandering amboid nutritive cells in a sponge: Trophophores give rise to gemmules or embryos.

Trophophores have the function of supplying provisions or nutritional elements.

This entry is located in the following units: phoro-, phor-, -phora, -phorous, -phoresis, -phore, -phori, -phoria + (page 8) tropho-, troph-, -trophy, -trophs, -trophically, -trophic, -trophous (page 11)