water-vascular system

water-vascular system
/waw"teuhr vas"kyeuh leuhr, wot"euhr-/, Zool.
a system of closed, fluid-filled tubes and ducts of echinoderms used in clinging, locomotion, feeding, and respiration.
[1865-70]

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