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colloblast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
col-loblast
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

colloblasts (plural)

Synonyms

lasso cell

Questions

What does colloblast mean?
A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.
Where does colloblast come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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