'Nematocalyx' definitions:
Definition of 'Nematocalyx'
From: GCIDE
- Nematocalyx \Nem`a*to*ca"lyx\, n.; pl. Nematocalyces, E. Nematocalyxes. [NL. See Nemato-, and Calyx.] (Zool.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia. [1913 Webster]