• (n.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.
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Ec`tho·re'um noun ;
plural Ecthorea . [ New Latin , from Greek ... to leap out;
ek out + ..., ..., to leap, dart.]
(Zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See
Nettling cell . [ Written also
ecthoræum .]
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