- enterocoely
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n. [Gr. enteron, intestine; koilos, hollow]The process of forming the perivisceral cavity.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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Enterocoely — is a process by which a mesoderm is formed in a developing embryo, in which the coelom forms from pouches pinched off of the digestive tract (also known as the embryonic gut, or archenteron). This type of coelom formation occurs in deuterostome… … Wikipedia
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deuterostome — n. [Gr. deuteros, second; stoma, mouth] True coelomates with radial cleavage of the egg, the blastopore becoming the anus, the coelom formed by enterocoely, including Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemicordata and Chordata; see protostome … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
