colloblast

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) +‎ -blast.

Noun

colloblast (plural colloblasts)

1. A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.

   Synonym: lasso cell

   Hypernym: collocyte

Translations

a kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores

• Portuguese: coloblasto m
• Spanish: coloblasto m