Definition of Acontea
||A*con"ti*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;
a little dart.] (Zoöl.) Threadlike defensive organs,
composed largely of nettling cells (cnidæ), thrown out of the
mouth or special pores of certain Actiniæ when irritated.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoölogy): Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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