fatbody

fatbody
/fat"bod'ee/, n., pl. fatbodies. Entomol.
a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
Also, fat body, fat-body.
[1865-70; FAT + BODY]

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