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What is a nematocyst?

What is a nematocyst? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
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A lance inside the nematocyst pierces the victim's skin, and venom flows through into the victim.
The stinging apparatus of the sea nettle consists of a nematocyst filled with venoms located primarily on the fishing tentacles of the animal.
After eversion, the thread separates from the nematocyst.
Enzymatic characterization of the major phospholipase A sub component of sea anemone nematocyst venom.
The cnidoblasts are the mother-cells of the nematocysts, each cell producing one nematocyst in its interior.
The entire nematocyst is enclosed in the cnidoblast which formed it.

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