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  • noun Plural form of nematocyst.

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Examples

  • A cold pack is also recommended for pain relief. 2 Baking soda paste is another household remedy used to apply to the wound for pain relief and removal of any remaining nematocysts. 4

    Fish poisonings and envenomations 2010

  • Jellyfish have tentacles that contain little bulbs (nematocysts) which release stingers (small injections of poison) when they touch prey or human skin.

    Dr Luisa Dillner's guide to . . . Holiday pests 2010

  • Soak the afflicted area for at least 30 minutes to deactivate the barbed nematocysts embedded in your skin.

    How to: High Five, Treat Beach Wounds, Use Your Computer Remotely 2008

  • Soak the afflicted area for at least 30 minutes to deactivate the barbed nematocysts embedded in your skin.

    How to: High Five, Treat Beach Wounds, Use Your Computer Remotely 2008

  • By identifying the TTX-producing bacteria in salivary glands and nematocysts, the company jumped to the forefront in subterranean antivenin production.

    Deeper Jeff Long 2007

  • By identifying the TTX-producing bacteria in salivary glands and nematocysts, the company jumped to the forefront in subterranean antivenin production.

    Deeper Jeff Long 2007

  • The shell collector was thinking, just then, of the indifference of nematocysts.

    The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002

  • The shell collector was thinking, just then, of the indifference of nematocysts.

    The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002

  • The shell collector was thinking, just then, of the indifference of nematocysts.

    The Shell Collector : Stories Anthony Doerr 2002

  • Shimoda had theorized that women of Gelmann's ilk possessed a sixth sense or power, a kind of nimbus of concentrated maternal energy tendrils which they could fling out with a single word or gesture to stun anyone within range like emotional nematocysts.

    Codgerspace Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

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