ecthoreum

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκθορέω (ekthoréō, “to leap out”), from θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō, “jump”), + -eum.

Noun

ecthoreum (plural ecthorea)

1. (zoology) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ecthoreum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)