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nematocalyx |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nematocalyx \Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl {Nematocalyces}, E. -{calyxes}. [NL. See {Nemato-}, and {Calyx}.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family {Plumularid[ae]}. They contain nematocysts. See {Plumularia}.
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