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tentaculocyst (s) (noun), tentaculocysts (pl)
One of the vesicular (small sac, especially one containing fluid) or cystic auditory (hearing) organs of a hydrozoan (water animal): The tentaculocysts are modified tentacles that act as bodily parts for hearing and often have eye-spots on them; so, tentaculocysts are sometimes also a combination of visual and auditory organs in the form of modified tentacles.
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