Zool. Pl. cinclides. [ad. Gr. κιγκλίς latticed gate.] One of the openings in the bodies of some sea-anemones, probably serving for emission of the thread-cells.
1861. J. R. Greene, Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent., 135. Mr. Gosse … gives the name of ‘cinclides’ to these apertures.
1870. Nicholson, Zool., 113.
