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glue cell

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col⋅lo⋅blast

[kol-uh-blast]
–noun Zoology.
one of the cells covered with sticky granules on the tentacles of a ctenophore, which aid in capturing prey.
Also called glue cell.


Origin:
< Gk kóll(a) glue + -o- + -blast
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