colloblast
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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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