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Meaning of ARCHENTERON

Pronunciation:  âr'kentu`rân

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
 
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 See Also: blastopore, bodily cavity, cavity, cavum, gastrula

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Arch`en"ter*on\, n. [Pref. arch- + Gr. ?
intestine.] (Biol.)
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a
gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under {Invagination}.
 
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