colloblast

English

Etymology

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

Noun

colloblast (plural colloblasts)

A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
Synonym: lasso cell

Hypernym: collocyte

Translations

a kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores

Portuguese: coloblasto m
Spanish: coloblasto m

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