Nematocyst vs Nematocalyx - What's the difference?

nematocyst | nematocalyx |


As nouns the difference between nematocyst and nematocalyx

is that nematocyst is (biology) a capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting while nematocalyx is (zoology) a kind of cup or calicle containing nematocysts, found upon hydroids of the family plumularidae.

nematocyst

English

Noun

(wikipedia nematocyst) (en noun)
  • (biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting
  • Synonyms

    * cnida * cnidocyst * cnidocyte

    nematocalyx

    English

    Noun

    (nematocalyces)
  • (zoology) A kind of cup or calicle containing nematocysts, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae.
  • (Webster 1913)