| ACOELOMATE | • acoelomate n. (Zoology) Any animal without a coelom. • acoelomate adj. (Zoology) Having no coelom. • acœlomate adj. Obsolete typography of acoelomate. |
| BLASTOCOEL | • blastocoel n. The fluid-filled cavity in a blastula. • BLASTOCOEL n. the cavity inside a blastula, also BLASTOCOELE. |
| COELACANTH | • coelacanth n. Either of two species of deep-water fish, Latimeria chalumnae of the Indian Ocean and Latimeria menadoensis… • coelacanth n. Any lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes, thought until 1938 to have been extinct for 70 million years. • cœlacanth n. Obsolete form of coelacanth. |
| COELENTERA | • coelentera n. Plural of coelenteron. • COELENTERON n. a coelenterate's saclike body cavity. |
| COELOMATES | • coelomates n. Plural of coelomate. • COELOMATE n. an animal having a coelom. |
| COELOMATIC | • coelomatic adj. Alternative form of coelomic. • COELOMATIC adj. of or like a coelom, a fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. |
| COELOSTATS | • coelostats n. Plural of coelostat. • COELOSTAT n. an astronomical instrument used to reflect light on to a telescope. |
| ENTEROCOEL | • enterocoel n. A coelom, in some invertebrates, formed from the wall of the archenteron. • ENTEROCOEL n. a coelom originating by outgrowth from the archenteron, also ENTEROCOELE. |
| HAEMOCOELS | • haemocoels n. Plural of haemocoel. • HAEMOCOEL n. the central body cavity of many invertebrates, also HEMOCOEL. |
| NEUROCOELE | • neurocoele n. (Anatomy) The neural canal. • NEUROCOELE n. a cavity in the brain, also NEUROCOEL. |
| NEUROCOELS | • neurocoels n. Plural of neurocoel. • NEUROCOEL n. a cavity in the brain, also NEUROCOELE. |
| PROCOELOUS | • procoelous adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the procoelians. • procoelous adj. Hollowed or cupped in front. • PROCOELOUS adj. cupped in front. |
| PSEUDOCOEL | • pseudocoel n. (Biology) The body cavity of certain nematodes (primitive invertebrates), which is analogous to a coelom… • PSEUDOCOEL n. a body cavity not formed by gastrulation and lacking a mesodermal lining. |