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单词 fat body
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Definition of fat body in English:

fat body

noun
Zoology
  • Each of a number of small white structures in the body of an animal, especially an insect, which act as a store of fats and glycogen.

    〔动〕(尤指昆虫的)脂肪体

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They show disintegration of the fat body and most third instar larvae develop melanotic tumors.
    • This may result from the dynamic equilibrium maintained between trehalase and glycogen in the insect fat body.
    • Insects, in general, have the metabolic capacity to convert dietary carbohydrates to lipids and to store lipids within the fat body.
    • Butterflies store fat in extensive abdominal fat bodies similarly to odonates and are known to use lipids as a fuel for extended flight.
    • These peptides are released from the fat body cells into the hemolymph where they lyse invading microbial cells.

Definition of fat body in US English:

fat body

noun
Zoology
  • Each of a number of small white structures in the body of an animal, especially an insect, which act as a store of fats and glycogen.

    〔动〕(尤指昆虫的)脂肪体

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This may result from the dynamic equilibrium maintained between trehalase and glycogen in the insect fat body.
    • Butterflies store fat in extensive abdominal fat bodies similarly to odonates and are known to use lipids as a fuel for extended flight.
    • They show disintegration of the fat body and most third instar larvae develop melanotic tumors.
    • These peptides are released from the fat body cells into the hemolymph where they lyse invading microbial cells.
    • Insects, in general, have the metabolic capacity to convert dietary carbohydrates to lipids and to store lipids within the fat body.
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