Etymology

colloblast

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Today it means: A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κόλλα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόλλα“glue”
  2. English todaycolloblast

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκόλλα all →

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