colloblast
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast
Noun[edit]
colloblast (plural colloblasts)
- A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
- Synonym: lasso cell
- Hypernym: collocyte
Translations[edit]
a kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores
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