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Definition of Cnida
1. n. One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.
Definition of Cnida
1. Noun. A nematocyst. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cnida
1. a stinging organ in a jellyfish [n -DAE]
Medical Definition of Cnida
1. Synonym: nematocyst. Origin: G. Knide, nettle (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnida
Literary usage of Cnida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Munuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1896)
"The barbs are visible, under very favourable conditions for observation, even
while the tangled wire remains enclosed in the cnida, but their optical ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"Turning back to the cnida, I saw the kink gradually give way, and the whole of
the tangled wire quickly flew out through the nipple. ..."
3. The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1887)
"The existence of pacs with cnida—that ia to say, the existence of true urticating
batteries—is then at the present day a well- established fact as regards ..."
4. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical by Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) (1874)
"The first thought that recurs to one's mind is, that it is the organic fluid
which we have seen to fill the cnida, and to be forced through the everting ..."
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