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gastrovascular
[ gas-troh-vas-kyuh-ler ]
adjective
Zoology.
- serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
gastrovascular
/ ˌɡæ²õ³Ù°ùəʊˈ±¹Ã¦²õ°ìÂáÊŠ±ôÉ™ /
adjective
- (esp of the body cavities of coelenterates) functioning in digestion and circulation
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gastrovascular1
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Example Sentences
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Meals disappear into the gastrovascular cavity, which is also where the equivalent of digestive cells empty their waste.
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The jelly bumped into the glass at one point, which allowed the researchers to get a close-up of the gastrovascular, or digestive, canals that cover its body.
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Two polyps connect their gastrovascular openings at night, a behavior that has never been documented before.
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