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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A living body (structure, such as a tube or mesoglea) that is held in common by many organisms included in a composite zoophyte (such as the polyps of a coral, or the zooids of a hydroid), by which they are in connection with each other.

Antonyms

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perisarc

Etymology

From coeno- + Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx).

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