cnida

[nahy-duh]

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noun

Zoology.

cnidae

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Origin of cnida¹

1875–80; < Latin ��ī��ŧ nettle < Greek ��ī́��ŧ

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Sarcotheca, s�r-kō-thē′ka, n. the cup of a thread-cell: a cnida or nematophore.

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Nematocyst, nem′a-tō-sist, n. a cnida, one of the offensive organs of Cœlenterates, as jellyfish.

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Cnida, knī′da, n. one of the thread-cells of the Cœlenterata, whence is their power of stinging:—pl.

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