Cœlacanth
(Cœl"a*canth) a. koi^los hollow + spine.]—> (Zoöl.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.
Cœlentera
(||Cœ*len"te*ra) or Cœlenterata
(||Cœ*len`te*ra"ta), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. koi^los hollow + intestines.]
(Zoöl.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and
Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes
enlarged so as to include the sponges.
Cœlenterate
(Cœ*len"ter*ate) a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Cœlentera. — n. One of the Cœlentera.
Cœlia
(||Cœ"li*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a cavity of the body, a ventricle.] (Anat.) A cavity.
The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes
like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicœlia, mesocœlia,
metacœlia, procœlia, etc. B. G. Wilder.
Cœliac
(Cœ"li*ac, Ce"li*ac) a. [L. coeliacus, Gr. fr. belly, fr. koi^los hollow.] Relating to the abdomen, or
to the cavity of the abdomen.
Cœliac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; — called also
cœliac axis. — Cœliac flux, Cœliac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.
Cœlodont
(Cœ"lo*dont) a. [Gr. koi^los hollow + tooth.] (Zoöl.) Having hollow teeth; — said of a group lizards.
— n. One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.
Cœlospermous
(Cœl`o*sper"mous) a. koi^los hollow + seed.]—> (Bot.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral
face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
Cœlum
(||Cœ"lum) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a hollow, neut. of koi^los hollow.] (Anat.) See Body cavity, under Body.
Coemption
(Co*emp"tion) n. [L. coëmptio, fr. coëmere to buy up. See Emption.] The act of buying
the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] Bacon.
Coendoo
(||Co*en"doo) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, or Sphingurus,
prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.
Cœnenchym
(Cœ*nen"chym) Cœnenchyma
(||Cœ*nen"chy*ma) n. [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. koino`s common
+ something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Zoöl.) The common tissue which unites the polyps
or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.
Cœnesthesis
(||Cœn`es*the"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + sensation.] (Physiol.) Common sensation
or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to,
separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.
Cœnobite
(Cœn"o*bite) n. See Cenobite.
Cœnœcium
(||Cœ*nœ"ci*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. koino`s common + house.] (Zoöl.) The common tissue which
unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.
Cœnogamy
(Cœ*nog"a*my) n. [Gr. koino`s common + marraige.] The state of a community which permits
promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; — as in certain primitive tribes or communistic
societies. [Written also cenogamy.]
Cœnosarc
(Cœn"o*sarc) n. [Gr. koino`s common + flesh.] (Zoöl.) The common soft tissue which unites
the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.
