nematocyst
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
Example Sentences
- "Often one sees, on surface view, a distinctly rounded vacuole, occupying a position in the cell occupied in others by a large nematocyst."
- "The young nematocyst decreases in size and becomes coarsely granular, the granules arranging themselves in a spiral line close under the external membrane."
- "Nematocyst discharge is another example of the Rubicon principle – it either fires or it does not."