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spongocoel

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spon⋅go⋅coel

  [spong-goh-seel]
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–noun Zoology.
the central cavity in the body of a sponge.
Origin:
< Gk spongó(s), var. of spongi sponge + E -coel, var. of -coele
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spon·go·coel   (spŏng'gə-sēl')   
n.   Zoology
The central cavity of a sponge, which opens to the outside by way of the osculum.

[Greek spongo-, sponge (from spongos) + -coel.]
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