Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An animal that lacks a coelom. Acoelomates, which include flatworms and tapeworms, exhibit bilateral symmetry and have no body cavity between the gut and the epidermis.
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- noun zoology Any
animal without acoelom . - adjective zoology Having no
coelom .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Acoelōmata, group name : a– + Greek koilōma, koilōmat-, cavity; see coelom.]
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a- + coelomate
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