gymnocytode

English

Etymology

From gymno- +‎ cytode.

Noun

gymnocytode (plural gymnocytodes)

1. (biology) A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.
   • 1872, The Monthly Microscopic Journal:

     The gymnocytode invests itself with a membrane, and is thus converted into a leptocytode

References

• “gymnocytode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.