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Definition: ECTHOREUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ecthoreum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ecthoreum \Ec`tho*re"um\, noun; plural Ecthorea. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression to leap out; ek out + to leap, dart.]. (references)

Definition: ECTHOREUM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ECTHOREUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ecthoreum \Ec`tho*re"um\, noun; plural Ecthorea. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression to leap out; ek out + to leap, dart.]. (references)