Definition of coelenteron in US English:
coelenteron
nounPlural coelenterasēˈlen(t)əˌränsēˈlen(t)əˌrän
The central gastric cavity of a coelenterate.
Example sentencesExamples
- The oral tentacles then pass the paralysed prey to the mouth and into the coelenteron for digestion.
- In response to vigorous stimuli the longitudinal muscles contract and the mouth opens, forcing the water out of the coelenteron and flattening the sea anemone against the bottom.
- Water entering the coelenteron through the mouth leaves the body through the pores.
- This means they have just one opening into the coelenteron which serves as both a mouth and an anus.
- The anthozoans are diploblastic animals developing from two epithelial germ cell layers: the ectoderm, facing the seawater, and the endoderm, facing the gastrovascular cavity or coelenteron.