'Nectocalyces' definitions:

Definition of 'Nectocalyces'

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Nectocalyx \Nec`to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. Nectocalyces. [NL., fr. Gr. nhkto`s swimming + ? a calyx.] (Zool.) (a) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. (b) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ. [1913 Webster] Nectosac