polaroplast

polaroplast
po·laro·plast (po-larґo-plast) [polar + plast] an organelle in microsporidans that imbibes water, swells, 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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