Enterocoela

plural noun

En·​ter·​o·​coe·​la

ˌentərōˈsēlə

in some classifications

: a group comprising all the invertebrate animals (as echinoderms and coelenterates) in which the sole bodily cavity is the digestive cavity compare coelomata, pseudocoelomata , enterocoele

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from enter- + -coela (from Greek koilos hollow)

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