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COELENTERON (coelentera)
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Irregular inflected form: coelentera
Dictionary entry overview: What does coelenteron mean?
• COELENTERON (noun)
The noun COELENTERON has 1 sense:
1. the saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
Familiarity information: COELENTERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("coelenteron" is a kind of...):
sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)
Holonyms ("coelenteron" is a part of...):
cnidarian; coelenterate (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)
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