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腔腸 (こうちょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

腔こう腸ちょう

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Meanings

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noun

coelenteron

Biological term for the central digestive cavity of cnidarians and ctenophores. Used in zoology and marine biology contexts.

腔こう腸ちょうは刺し胞ほう動どう物ぶつの体たい内ないにある消しょう化か腔こうである。
The coelenteron is the digestive cavity inside the body of cnidarians.

Kanji

腔body cavity
腸intestines, guts, bowels

Etymology

From 腔 (cavity) and 腸 (intestines/gut), referring to the body cavity that serves as a digestive space in certain simple animals. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern biological coinage.