| Term Name: | tormogen cell |
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| Synonyms: | socket cell |
| Definition: | An epidermal cell that is part of a cell cluster organ of the insect integument (such as a sensillum) and that secretes a cuticular specialization that forms a socket around the base of a cuticular specialization produced by a trichogen cell. |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0000372] |