Usually means: Specialized, defensive organelle in ciliates.
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  1. trichocyst: Merriam-Webster
  2. trichocyst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trichocyst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trichocyst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. trichocyst: Wordnik
  6. trichocyst: Wiktionary
  7. trichocyst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. trichocyst: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. trichocyst: Dictionary.com
  10. Trichocyst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Trichocyst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. trichocyst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Trichocyst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. trichocyst: FreeDictionary.org
  15. trichocyst: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. trichocyst: Encyclopedia

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  1. trichocyst: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (trichocyst)

▸ noun:  A threadlike organ in certain protozoans that can be discharged suddenly in order to grasp or sting

Similar:
trichophore, trichoblast, trichite, trichimella, trichogyne, trichostomatid, trachyzoite, stichosome, trichomonad, rhoptry, more...

Types:
cnidocyte, more...

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Similar:
trichophore, trichoblast, trichite, trichimella, trichogyne, trichostomatid, trachyzoite, stichosome, trichomonad, rhoptry, more...

Types:
cnidocyte, more...



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