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colloblast

colloblast noun: a kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.

Noun

colloblast (plural colloblasts)

  1. A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
    Synonyms:
    lasso cell

Synonyms of colloblast

Forms of colloblast

pluralcolloblasts

Origin of colloblast

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast.

Questions about colloblast

What does colloblast mean?
Colloblast means a kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
What part of speech is colloblast?
Colloblast is a noun.
What is the plural of colloblast?
The plural of colloblast is colloblasts.

Words near colloblast in the dictionary

  1. collitigants
  2. Collman
  3. Collmans
  4. colln.
  5. collns.
  6. colloblast
  7. colloblasts
  8. collocabilities
  9. collocability
  10. collocable
  11. collocal

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