phacellan.

Brit.

/fəˈsɛlə/, U.S.

/fəˈsɛlə/

Inflections: Plural phacellae.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: phacellus n.

Etymology: Alteration of phacellus n. after Latin feminine nouns ending in -a.

Zoology.

Any of the rows or clusters of filaments projecting into the central gastric cavity of a cnidarian.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Phacella, one of the gastric filaments which in hydrozoans form solid tentaculiform processes in the gastric cavity in interradial groups near the genitalia.

1906 S. J. Hickson in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. xii. 314 Another character of some importance is the presence in the coelenteric cavity of all Scyphozoa of clusters or rows of delicate filaments called the ‘phacellae’.

1968 J. Bouillon in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. i. 132 The free inner edge of each septum bears gastric filaments (digitelli or mesenteric filaments) loaded with nematocysts and gland cells and arranged in rows (phacellae).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phacella
释义	phacellan. Brit. /fəˈsɛlə/, U.S. /fəˈsɛlə/ Inflections: Plural phacellae. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymon: phacellus n. Etymology: Alteration of phacellus n. after Latin feminine nouns ending in -a. Zoology. Any of the rows or clusters of filaments projecting into the central gastric cavity of a cnidarian. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Phacella, one of the gastric filaments which in hydrozoans form solid tentaculiform processes in the gastric cavity in interradial groups near the genitalia. 1906 S. J. Hickson in Cambr. Nat. Hist. I. xii. 314 Another character of some importance is the presence in the coelenteric cavity of all Scyphozoa of clusters or rows of delicate filaments called the ‘phacellae’. 1968 J. Bouillon in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. i. 132 The free inner edge of each septum bears gastric filaments (digitelli or mesenteric filaments) loaded with nematocysts and gland cells and arranged in rows (phacellae). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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