colloblast

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colloblast (plural colloblasts)

  1. A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
    Synonym: lasso cell
    Hypernym: collocyte

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