COELENTERON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: coelentera   

 I. (noun) 

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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