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coelenteron

[ si-len-tuh-ron ]

noun

Zoology.
plural coelentera
  1. the body cavity of a coelenterate.


coelenteron

/ ɪˈɛԳəˌɒ /

noun

  1. the simple saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of coelenteron1

First recorded in 1890–95; coel- + enteron
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A certain number of mesenteries, known as complete mesenteries, are attached by the upper parts of their internal margins to the stomodaeum, but below this level their edges hang in the coelenteron.

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The Coelentera may thus be briefly defined as Metazoa which exhibit two embryonic cell-layers only,—the ectoderm and endoderm,—their body-cavities being referable to a single cavity or coelenteron in the endoderm.

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