cnida
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of cnida
1875–80; < Latin cnīdē nettle < Greek knī́dē
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Nematocyst, nem′a-tō-sist, n. a cnida, one of the offensive organs of Cœlenterates, as jellyfish.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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