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tentaculocyst

tentaculocyst noun: one of the sensory organss of certain jellyfish.

Noun

tentaculocyst (plural tentaculocysts)

  1. One of the sensory organss of certain jellyfish.
    Synonyms:
    auditory tentacle, rhopalium

Synonyms of tentaculocyst

Forms of tentaculocyst

pluraltentaculocysts

Origin of tentaculocyst

tentaculum + cyst

Questions about tentaculocyst

What does tentaculocyst mean?
Tentaculocyst means one of the sensory organss of certain jellyfish.
What part of speech is tentaculocyst?
Tentaculocyst is a noun.
What is the plural of tentaculocyst?
The plural of tentaculocyst is tentaculocysts.

Words near tentaculocyst in the dictionary

  1. tentaculiform
  2. tentaculite
  3. tentaculites
  4. tentaculitid
  5. tentaculitids
  6. tentaculocyst
  7. tentaculocysts
  8. tentaculoid
  9. tentaculum
  10. tentadick
  11. tentadicks

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