Associations to the word «Trichocyst»

Noun

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Wiktionary

TRICHOCYST, noun. A threadlike organ in certain protozoans that can be discharged suddenly in order to grasp or sting

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats