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Nectocalyx
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Necˊto-ca′lyx
,Noun.
pl.
Nectocalyces
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
νηκτόσ
swimming + [GREEK] a calyx.] (Zool.)
(a)
The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
(b)
One of the zooids of certain
Siphonophora
, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ. Definition 2025
nectocalyx
nectocalyx
English
Noun
nectocalyx (plural nectocalyces)
- (zoology) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
- (zoology) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.