- food vacuole
- food vacuole n a vacuole (as in an ameba) in which ingested food is digested
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a fluid-containing intracytoplasmic space in which food material is suspended; it occurs in holozoic protozoa.
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Food vacuole — Vacuole Vac u*ole, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Food vacuole — Food Food, n. [OE. fode, AS. f[=o]da; akin to Icel. f[ae][eth]a, f[ae][eth]i, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. & LG. f[ o]de, OHG. fatunga, Gr. patei^sthai to eat, and perh. to Skr. p[=a] to protect, L. pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, E. pasture.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
food vacuole — food′ vac uole n. cbl a membrane enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken in by the process of phagocytosis • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
food vacuole — noun Date: circa 1889 a membrane bound vacuole (as in an amoeba) in which ingested food is digested see amoeba illustration … New Collegiate Dictionary
food vacuole — noun A vacuole in which phagocytized food is digested … Wiktionary
food vacuole — Cell Biol. a membrane enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis. See diag. under ameba. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
food vacuole — noun : one of the usually transitory vacuoles in the protoplasm of a protozoan in which digestion takes place see amoeba illustration … Useful english dictionary
Vacuole — Vac u*ole, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.] (Biol.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Food — Food, n. [OE. fode, AS. f[=o]da; akin to Icel. f[ae][eth]a, f[ae][eth]i, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. & LG. f[ o]de, OHG. fatunga, Gr. patei^sthai to eat, and perh. to Skr. p[=a] to protect, L. pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, E. pasture. [root]75.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Food yolk — Food Food, n. [OE. fode, AS. f[=o]da; akin to Icel. f[ae][eth]a, f[ae][eth]i, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. & LG. f[ o]de, OHG. fatunga, Gr. patei^sthai to eat, and perh. to Skr. p[=a] to protect, L. pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, E. pasture.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
