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  • noun zoology Living body held in common by many organisms included in a composite zoophyte, by which they are in connection with each‐other.

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From coen(o)- +‎ sarc, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinos, "common") combined with σάρξ (sarks, "flesh").

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