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vacuole
noun(vac-u-ole)
a small cavity or space in the tissues of an organism containing air or fluid
vacuole
noun(vac-u-ole)
a cavity or vesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell usually containing fluid
vacuole
noun(vac-u-ole)
a vacuole in a unicellular organism that contracts regularly to discharge fluid and especially water from the cell
vacuole
noun(vac-u-ole)
a membrane-bound vacuole (as in an amoeba) in which ingested food is digested

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