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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The saclike gastrovascular cavity of a cnidarian or a ctenophore.
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- noun the body cavity of a
coelenterate .
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- noun the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin : Greek koilos, hollow; see –coel + enteron.]
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