Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The nervous system of some acalephs, as the Medusæ, forming a fibrous ring round the edge of the disk, with cellular ganglionic enlargements at regular intervals; a nerve-collar.
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Examples
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The nerve-ring is well supplied with epithelial and ganglionic nerve-cells; their function is wholly reflex and involuntary; they preside over the pulsing or swimming movements of the nectocalyx.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Romanes determined that the centres governing pulsation were located in the nerve-ring of the swimming-bell, and that each section of the nectocalyx had its individual nerve-centre. [
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Its transparent, translucent nectocalyx, or swimming-bell, has a central nervous system which is localized on the margin of the bell, and which forms the so-called "nerve-ring" of Romanes. [
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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