eurytele

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noun

A form of nematocyst shaft that is dilated at its extremity.

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Meanings

nouneurytele (plural euryteles)

plural euryteles

  1. A form of nematocyst shaft that is dilated at its extremity.

    She found that differences in size and structure of the holotriches separated Chrysaora from Dactylometra, and also that there were considerable differences between the euryteles of these species.

    1953, F. S. Russell, The Medusae of the British Isles, page 94
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