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nematocysts

nematocysts is the plural of nematocyst.

Meaning of nematocyst

Noun

nematocyst (plural nematocysts)

  1. A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
    • Often one sees, on surface view, a distinctly rounded vacuole, occupying a position in the cell occupied in others by a large nematocyst.1885, R. J. Harvey Gibson, “Observations on the nematocysts of Hydra fusca”, in Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, volume 39, page 30

Questions about nematocysts

What is nematocysts the plural of?
Nematocysts is the plural of nematocyst.

Words near nematocysts in the dictionary

  1. nematocide
  2. nematocides
  3. nematocin
  4. nematocyst
  5. nematocystic
  6. nematocysts
  7. nematocyte
  8. nematocytes
  9. nematodal
  10. nematode
  11. nematodelike

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