See Also: nematocalyx(medicine)

malacostracan (iou) and nematocalyx (medicine)


malacostracan (iou)



malacostracan noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Malacostraca (see below), Greek malakostraka, from malakos soft + ostrakon shell: see -AN.]
A. noun. Any crustacean of the class Malacostraca, which includes shrimps, crabs, lobsters, isopods, and amphipods. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to the class Malacostraca. M19.
malacostracous adjective = MALACOSTRACAN adjective M19.

nematocalyx (medicine)


nematocalyx


Origin: NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.

<zoology> One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia.

Source: Websters Dictionary