coenosarc

coenosarc
coenosarcal, coenosarcous, adj.
/see"neuh sahrk', sen"euh-/, n. Zool.
the tubular tissue connecting the polyps of a hydroid colony.
[1840-50; COENO- + Gk sark-, s. of sárx flesh]

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