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Webster 1913 Edition
Nematocalyx
‖
Nemˊa-to-ca′lyx
,Noun.
pl.
Nematocalyces
(#)
, E. Nematocalyxes
(#)
. (Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family
Plumularidae
. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia
.