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Cnidoblast

Cni′do-blast

,
Noun.
[
Cnida
+
-blast
.]
(Zool.)
One of the cells which, in the Cœlenterata, develop into cnidæ.

Definition 2024


cnidoblast

cnidoblast

English

Noun

cnidoblast (plural cnidoblasts)

  1. (biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops