Assertion: jellyfish's cell | /r/Synonym | cnidocyte
Facets:
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Each tentacle is covered with cells called cnidocytes that can sting and kill other animals.
text: Generally, these cells are called cnidocytes (hint: don’t pronounce the “c”), which comes from the ancient Greek word for nettle.
text: They also have specialized cells known as "cnidocytes".
text: The tentacles on a Jellyfish are covered with stinging cells (cnidocytes) that sting or kill other animals: most jellyfish use them to secure prey or as a defence mechanism.
text: Also known as sea wasps and marine stingers, box jellyfish, a class that includes 50 described species, can have up to 15 tentacles with about 5,000 stinging cells, known as cnidocysts.
text: Jellyfish also have specialized cells known as cnidocystes.
text: Cnidarians have stinging cells, called cnidocytes, which are used for feeding and defense.
text: Jellyfish sting their prey using nematocysts, also called cnidocysts, stinging structures located in specialized cells called cnidocytes, which are characteristic of all Cnidaria.
text: The stinging cells of a jellyfish are called cnidocytes, a singular feature of jellies and their relatives such as corals and sea anemones.
text: The tentacles have special cells called cnidocytes.
text: The many tentacles each contain thousands of cells called cnidocytes, which contain nematocysts (also known as cnidocysts), and are used to capture prey and pass it to the mouth.
text: That's where all their nematocysts (stinging capsules contained within cells called cnidocytes located along the tentacles) are located.
text: The sea nettle hunts its prey with stinging cells called cnidocytes.
text: Each tentacle is covered with cells called ‘cnidocytes’ (a type of venomous cell unique to the phylum ‘Cnidaria’), that can sting or kill other animals.
text: Jellyfish sting their prey using tentacles that have specialized cells known as cnidocytes.