"thread cell, lasso cell," such as the stinging organs of jellyfish, 1875, from nemato- + cyst. Related: Nematocystic.
Nelly
nelson
*nem-
nem. con.
nemato-
nematocyst
Nematoda
nematode
Nembutal
Nemean
nemesis
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