Home › Words › C › colloblastcolloblastcolloblast means A kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -blast.nounA kind of cell found in the tentacles of ctenophores, used to capture prey by adhesion.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.collocyte 69% match — Any of various cells that produce gluey substances, that bind or capture prey or objects by securing them with gluey materials and structures, or that simply have a smooth and gelatinous appearance. vs colloblast →collophore 64% match — A sucker-like organ on the ventral side of the abdomen of springtails belonging to the Collembola. vs colloblast →ctenocyst 60% match — A sensory organ of the ctenophores (comb jellies). It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body. vs colloblast →cnidoblast 60% match — A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops vs colloblast →ctenophoral 59% match — Relating to a ctenophore. vs colloblast →cnidocell 59% match — An external ciliary process of a cnidoblast vs colloblast →colleterium 58% match — The colleterial gland vs colloblast →ctenophore 58% match — Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. vs colloblast →