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ctenocysts

ctenocysts is the plural of ctenocyst.

Meaning of ctenocyst

Noun

ctenocyst (plural ctenocysts)

  1. (archaic) A sensory organ of the ctenophores (comb jellies). It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body.

Questions about ctenocysts

What is ctenocysts the plural of?
Ctenocysts is the plural of ctenocyst.

Words near ctenocysts in the dictionary

  1. ctenocheyid
  2. ctenocheyids
  3. ctenocyst
  4. ctenocystoid
  5. ctenocystoids
  6. ctenocysts
  7. ctenodactylid
  8. ctenodactylids
  9. ctenodactyline
  10. ctenodactylines
  11. ctenodactyloid

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