ECTHOREUM

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‖Ec′tho‐re″um (?), n.; pl. Ecthorea (#). [[NL., fr. Gr. � to leap out; εκ out + �, �, to leap, dart.]] (Zoöl.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthoræum.]