acoelous

(eɪˈsiːləs)

adj

1. (Biology) not having a true digestive tract

2. (Biology) another term for acoelomate²

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References in periodicals archive

They are holospondylous vertebrae with the acoelous centrum.

They are two acoelous centra with more or less rounded shape (4.5 cm long, 3.1 in diameter; and 7.5 cm long, 6.6 cm wide in diameter).

Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a sand-dominated coastal system of the Upper Miocene of eastern Guadalquivir Basin (south Spain): fossil assemblages, ichnology and taphonomy

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