What is a sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora called?
involucrum — (Zoöl.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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