Ecthoraeum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ecthoreum \Ec`tho*re"um\, n.; pl. {Ecthorea}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to
     leap out; ek out + ?, ?, to leap, dart.] (Zo["o]l.)
     The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See
     {Nettling cell}. [Written also {ecthor[ae]um}.]
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