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Ecthoreum

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hydrœciumnounAlternative form of hydroecium. [A sac attached onto a nectocalyx or swimming bell of specific types of oceanic hydrozoa.]
enchytraeidnoun(zoology) Any of the microdrile oligochaetes of the family Enchytraeidae, which resemble small earthworms.
ctenidiumnoun(zoology) A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
hydroeciumnounA sac attached onto a nectocalyx or swimming bell of specific types of oceanic hydrozoa.
acontianoun(zoology) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
isorhizanounAn open, tubular nematocyst, in Cnidaria, that anchors the animal as it moves on its tentacles
stethidiumnoun(zoology) An insect's thorax.
nectostemnoun(zoology) That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in siphonophores.
nematocystnoun(biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
nidamentumnoun(zoology) egg case
echidninenoun(organic chemistry) A nitrogenous base contained in this fluid, believed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
cnidocilnoun(zoology) The fine hairlike trigger of a cnidoblast.
coenoeciumnoun(zoology) A polypary; a chitinous investment or covering of a coenosarc in hydroid hydrozoans.
sarcothecanounA cnida or nematophore.
sericteriumnoun(zootomy) A silk gland, as in the silkworms.
endophragmanoun(zoology) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain crustaceans.
eurytelenounA form of nematocyst shaft that is dilated at its extremity.
taenidiumnoun(zoology) The chitinous fibre forming the spiral thread of the tracheae of insects
zoödendriumnounArchaic spelling of zoodendrium. [(zoology) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.]
bothriumnoun(zoology) A protruding cup or small groove used for adhesion, especially in cestodes.

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