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- proper noun A taxonomic
phylum within the unranked taxonMesozoa — several tinyparasites that live in therenal appendages ofcephalopods .
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The Dicyemida live parasitically in the body-cavity, especially the renal cavities, of the cuttle-fishes.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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The somewhat similar Dicyemida (Figure 1.6) are distinguished from the preceding by the fact that their primitive gut-cavity is occupied by a single large entodermic cell instead of a crowded group of sexual cells.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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