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Nectocalyx
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noun
Nectocalyx
n. (pl.
nectocalyces
) (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.
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