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Ecthoreum

Ec`tho*re"um\, n.; pl. Ecthorea. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to leap out; ek out + ?, ?, to leap, dart.] (Zo["o]l.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthor[ae]um.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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