CNIDOCIL


Meaning of CNIDOCIL in English

/nuy"deuh sil/ , n. Zool.

a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.

[ 1880-85; CNIDO- + -cil cilium; see CILIA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .