marginal nuclei

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marginal nuclei: (NEMATA) Nuclei of marginal cells in the nematode esophagus; believed to lay down the fibers from the apex of the lateral arm to the basement membrane of the esophagus, or to secrete the cuticular lining of the esophagus, or both.