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PRICKLE CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prickle cell" is a kind of...):
skin cell (any of the cells making up the skin)