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colloblast

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

colloblast In Ctenophora, an adhesive cell on the tentacle used to capture food.

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