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centriole

noun

One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis

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9
Starts with
C
Ends with
E
Contains
EN
Scrabble score
11

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noun

  1. One of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis

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