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cœnosarc Zool.|ˈsiːnəʊsɑːk|
[f. Gr. κοινό-ς common + σάρξ, σαρκ- flesh.]
The common living basis or ‘flesh’ by which the several individuals forming a compound zoophyte, or polypidom, are united together.
1849Murchison Siluria App. 539 Chitinous investment, surrounding the cœnosarc and polype. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 245 The hydrosome consists of a number of hydranths or nutritive zooids collectively forming the trophosome, and connected to one another by a branching coenosarc. |