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    Trig·ger hair
    /ˈtriɡər her/

    noun

    • 1. (in a coelenterate) a filament at the mouth of a nematocyst, triggering the emission of the stinging hair.
    • 2. a bristle on the leaf of a Venus flytrap, triggering the closure of the leaf around an insect.

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