A specialized adhesive cell found in comb jellies and other marine creatures that helps them capture and stick to prey.
From Greek 'kolla' (glue) and 'blastos' (sprout or bud), literally meaning 'glue-sprout,' referring to these sticky cell structures that emerge on predatory tentacles.
Colloblasts are nature's sticky traps—they work so well that comb jellies can catch prey in one of the fastest predatory strikes in the ocean, faster than any fish can react!
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