collar cell

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

   Synonymschoanocyte

   Broaderflagellated cell

Questions about collar cell

What does collar cell mean?

collar cell means "any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum; they maintain a flow of water through the body".

What is another word for collar cell?

Close synonyms include choanocyte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is collar cell a common word?

collar cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.