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Webster 1913 Edition

Acontia

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A-con′ti-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a little dart.]
(Zool.)
Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated.

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