What is the slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthoræum.] called?
ecthoreum — The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthoræum.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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