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nectocalyces

nectocalyces is the plural of nectocalyx.

Meaning of nectocalyx

Noun

nectocalyx (plural nectocalyces)

  1. The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
  2. One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.

Questions about nectocalyces

What is nectocalyces the plural of?
Nectocalyces is the plural of nectocalyx.

Words near nectocalyces in the dictionary

  1. nectivorous
  2. nectivory
  3. necto-
  4. nectobenthic
  5. nectobentonic
  6. nectocalyces
  7. nectocalycine
  8. nectocalyx
  9. nectochaete
  10. nectochaetes
  11. nectomonad

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