Home › Words › B › birhopaloidbirhopaloidbirhopaloid means A type of nematocyst with two dilations on the shaft. Whatever that means. "Dilations on the shaft".EtymologyBi- + rhopaloidnounA type of nematocyst with two dilations on the shaft. Whatever that means. "Dilations on the shaft".Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.eurytele 63% match — A form of nematocyst shaft that is dilated at its extremity. vs birhopaloid →macrobasic 60% match — Having a shaft over four times as long as the capsule in relation to nematocysts. vs birhopaloid →isorhiza 60% match — An open, tubular nematocyst, in Cnidaria, that anchors the animal as it moves on its tentacles vs birhopaloid →basitrich 59% match — A type of nematocyst that has spines only at the base of the tube vs birhopaloid →rhopalial 59% match — Relating to a rhopalium vs birhopaloid →mesobasic 58% match — Having a shaft between than one and a half and four times as long as the capsule in relation to nematocysts. vs birhopaloid →microbasic 58% match — Having a shaft less than one and a half times as long as the capsule in relation to nematocysts. vs birhopaloid →birotula 58% match — A microsclere that has a straight shaft and umbrella-shaped ends vs birhopaloid →