English Explanatory Dictionary

colloblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.

Word forms

colloblast colloblasts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast.

Synonyms

lasso cell
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