Nectocalyx

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
  2. 2
    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.

Synonyms

All synonyms
nectophorenectophore

Etymology

From necto- + calyx.

Related phrases

swimming bell

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