Pyrenoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pyrenoid \Py*re"noid\, n. [Gr. ? like a kernel. See {Pyrena},
     and {-oid}.] (Zool.)
     A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain
     Infusoria.
     [1913 Webster]