Nectocalyx
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nectocalyx is a noun meaning (zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
Meaning
(zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
More Meanings
- (zoology) One 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.
Word Forms
- nectocalyces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cnidocyte, pileus, jelly, callionymid, nautiloid, jellyfish.
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