Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A calyx of some hydrozoans, as Plumulariidæ, containing nematocysts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family
Plumularidæ . They contain nematocysts. Seeplumularia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A kind of
cup orcalicle containingnematocysts , found uponhydroids of the family Plumularidae.
Etymologies
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Latin. See nemato- and calyx.
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