cnidoblast

[ nahy-duh-blast ]

nounZoology.

the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.

Origin of cnidoblast

First recorded in 1880–85; cnido- + -blast

Words Nearby cnidoblast

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How to use cnidoblast in a sentence

The entire nematocyst is enclosed in the cnidoblast which formed it.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2 | Various
Some of the interstitial cells become modified and pushed up between the ectoderm cells to form cnidoblast cells.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. Kellogg
In the cnidoblast cells, those with the stinging threads, there is a very wide departure from the simple primitive type of cells.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for cnidoblast

cnidoblast

/ (ˈnaɪdəʊˌblɑːst, ˈknaɪ-) /

noun

zoology any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts

Origin of cnidoblast

C19: from New Latin cnida, from Greek knidē nettle + -blast

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