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cnidocil

[ nahy-duh-sil ]

noun

, Zoology.
  1. a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cnidocil1

1880–85; cnido- + -cil < New Latin cilium; cilia

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