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Category:GO:0042151 ! nematocyst
name: nematocyst
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An organelle found in cnidoblast (nematoblast) cells. When matured, these stinging organelles store toxins and can deliver them when the cnidocil (a short extension of the cnidocyst) is stimulated by a prey or another stimulus." [DOI:10.1139/z02-135, GOC:jl]
synonym: "cnidocyst" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Cnidocyte
is_a: GO:0043232 ! intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle
relationship: part_of: GO:0005938 ! cell cortex
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<GOterm>GO:0042151</GOterm>
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