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- Nectocalyx - n. - The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
- Nectocalyx - n. - One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
- Somatocyst - n. - A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.