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单词 epicoelous
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epicoelousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epi- prefix, -coele comb. form, -ous suffix.
Etymology: < epi- prefix + -coele comb. form + -ous suffix. Compare scientific Latin Epicoela , neuter plural noun (1875 in the source cited in quot. 1875).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
In the terminology of T. H. Huxley: designating an animal having a perivisceral cavity formed by invagination of the ectoderm. Cf. epicoele n.
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1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 53/2 The ascidian..is neither enterocœlous nor schizocœlous, but what, at first sight, resembles a perivisceral cavity is formed within the body by involution, and the ascidian may therefore be said to be epicœlous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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