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Webster 1913 Edition

Cnida

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Cni′da

(nī′dȧ)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Cnidæ

(nī′dē)

.

[NL., fr. Gr.

κνίδη

nettle, sea nettle.]

(Zool.)

One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.