nectocalyx

Noun

Meaning

The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Derivatives

nectocalyces

Close letter words and terms

nectivorous nectivory nectocalycine nectochaete Nectogale elegans nectomonad