nectocalyx Meaning, Definition & Usage

Nec`to*ca"lyx noun

Etymology

NL., fr. gr. swimming + a calyx.

Wordforms

plural Nectocalyces

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. (b) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.