Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nectocalyx.
- noun Some bell-shaped part or organ whose motions serve to propel an animal through the water.
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Examples
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_Thaumantius pilosella_ and other members of the same genus, it is seen in buds at the base of tentacles given off from the margin of the swimming-bell.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Its transparent, translucent nectocalyx, or swimming-bell, has a central nervous system which is localized on the margin of the bell, and which forms the so-called "nerve-ring" of Romanes. [
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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Romanes determined that the centres governing pulsation were located in the nerve-ring of the swimming-bell, and that each section of the nectocalyx had its individual nerve-centre. [
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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