glutinant

[gloot-n-uh nt]

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noun

a nematocyst that discharges a thread covered with a sticky secretion.

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Origin of glutinant

1675–85; < Latin glūtinant- (stem of glūtināns), present participle of glūtināre to glue. See gluten, -ant

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