NECTOCALYX
\nˈɛktəkˌalɪks], \nˈɛktəkˌalɪks], \n_ˈɛ_k_t_ə_k_ˌa_l_ɪ_k_s]\
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The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
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One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
By Oddity Software
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The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
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One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
By Noah Webster.
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Nectocalyces. A modified medusiform person adapted for swimming purposes found as part of a Siphonophore colony.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).