Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having both a digestive and a circulatory function, as the guts of flatworms and cnidarians.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Common to or serving alike for the functions of digestion and circulation, as the body-cavity of some animals, or pertaining to the organs concerned in these processes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy That has both a
digestive and acirculatory function
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of these digestive systems that are not so complicated is the gastrovascular cavities.
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One of these digestive systems that are not so complicated is the gastrovascular cavities.
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Once softened, the mouth sucks in the food and digestion continues within a three-branched gastrovascular cavity.
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Once softened, the mouth sucks in the food and digestion continues within a three-branched gastrovascular cavity.
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CheMox expression is restricted to endodermal tissues, in particular areas of the gastrovascular system.
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The feeding polyps feature tentacles and share the nutrients they imbibe with the rest of the colony after digestion in the gastrovascular cavity.
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The feeding polyps feature tentacles and share the nutrients they imbibe with the rest of the colony after digestion in the gastrovascular cavity.
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The gastrovascular cavity connects to the outside world through only one opening.
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In animals that lack a hard skeleton, a fluid-filled gastrovascular cavity or coelom Offers support and resistance to contraction of muscles for mobility Example: Earthworms - When muscles contract, segments become thinner and elongate, like a squeezed balloon Exoskeleton
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One of these digestive systems that are not so complicated is the gastrovascular cavities.
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