Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum;
they maintain a flow of water through the body;
[syn: choanocyte, collar cell]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
choanocyte \cho"a*no*cyte`\ (k[=o]"[.a]*n[-o]*s[imac]t`;
k[=o]*[a^]n"[-o]*s[imac]t`), n. [Gr. choa`nh funnel + -cyte.]
any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of
cytoplasm around base of the flagellum; they maintain a flow
of water through the body.
Syn: collar cell.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
choanocyte
n 1: any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of
cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of
water through the body [syn: choanocyte, collar cell]