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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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