English

amastigophore

From a- + mastigophore.

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Today it means

noun Any nematocyst that does not have a tube beyond the hempe

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Etymograph / amastigophore