coe·lo·mate

(sē′lə-māt′)

adj.

Possessing a coelom: a coelomate animal.

coe′lo·mate n.

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coelomate

(ˈsiːləˌmeɪt)

(Zoology) an animal that possesses a coelom

adj

(Zoology) Also : coelomatic relating to a coelom

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References in periodicals archive

V: Smaller Coelomate Groups--Chaetognatha, Hemichordata, Pogonophora, Phoronida, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Sipunculida.

Braquiopodos, sipunculidos, enteropneustos y metales en dos planicies estuarinas de marea, Pacifico, Costa Rica

Oligonucleotide primers for PCR amplification of coelomate introns.

Polymorphisms at three introns in the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) and the grooved carpet-shell clam (R. decussatus)

The phagolysosome in the phagocytes of coelomate animals contains a variety of hydrolases, including phosphatases (alkaline and acid), lipases and esterases with varying substrate specificity, and an array of substrate-specific glycosidases (reviewed in: Borregard et al., 1993; Hayhoe and Quaglino, 1994).

Identification of unstimulated constitutive immunocytes, by enzyme histochemistry, in the coenenchyme of the octocoral Swiftia exserta

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