nectocalyx (English, noun)
expansion: nectocalyx (plural nectocalyces)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish or medusa.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the zooids of certain Siphonophorae, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
Forms:
form: nectocalyces
tags: plural