Nectocalyx

Noun

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Definitions

1.NounThe swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.

2.NounOne of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.

Synonyms

cnidocyte swimming bell pileus jelly callionymid nautiloid jellyfish calanticid callionymoid alcyonoid medusozoan quarl

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