macrocnemes

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macrocnemes (noun, plural; Greek makros, large; kneme, lower leg): (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) In Actinaria, complete and filamented mesenteries in the first one or two cycles of simple tentacles; maybe fertile or sterile and possess acontia and strong retractors

See also: microcnemes.