nectocalyx
nectocalyx · nectocalyces
The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusaThe swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
Meaning
2 sensesThe swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
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.
Origin
From necto- + calyx.From necto- + calyx.
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Forms
plural: nectocalyces| Singular | nectocalyx |
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