Archenteron

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The central cavity of the gastrula, which ultimately becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A primitive alimentary cavity
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under invagination.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The enteron (which see) in its original or primitive undifferentiated state: opposed to metenteron.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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    cavum    cavity    bodily cavity   
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