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Definition of Trichocysts

Trichocyst
Trichocyst Trich"o*cyst, n. [Gr. tri`x, tricho`s, a hair + ? bag.] (Zo["o]l.) A lasso cell.

Meaning of Trichocysts from wikipedia

- types. Mucoid trichocysts are elongated inclusions that may be ejected as visible bodies after artificial stimulation. Filamentous trichocysts in Paramecium...
- which discharge a mucous m**** sometimes used in cyst formation, and trichocysts, which discharge a fibrous rod. The stinging nematocysts found in Cnidarian...
- beat rhythmically in order to propel the organism. Many ciliates have trichocysts, which are spear-like organelles that can be discharged to catch prey...
- termed organelles, such as cilia, the flagellum and archaellum, and the trichocyst (these could be referred to as membrane bound in the sense that they are...
- pellicle, most species of Paramecium have closely spaced spindle-shaped trichocysts, explosive organelles that discharge thin, non-toxic filaments, often...
- the mouth. Extrusomes are characteristically in the form of spindle trichocysts, which release thread-like shafts, and never mucocysts. The oral cilia...
- envelope (cortex) densely studded with spindle-shaped extrusomes called trichocysts. P. caudatum feed on bacteria and small eukaryotic cells, such as yeast...
- or pertaining to hair, hair-like structure Gr**** θρῐ́ξ (thríx), hair Trichocyst -tripsy crushing Gr**** τρῖψις (trípsis), rubbing, friction Lithotripsy...
- of wild samples have found evidence of distinctive structures called trichocysts in warnowiid cell vacuoles, suggesting that their prey might be other...
- Greenwood, A. D. (1980). "A comparison of the periodic sub-structures of the trichocysts of the Cryptophyceae and Prasinophyceae". BioSystems. 12 (1–2): 71–83...