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cnidocil: Meaning and Definition of

cni•do•cil

Pronunciation: (nī'du-sil), [key]
— n. Zool.
  1. a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
cnidoblast cnidocyst
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