hydroskeleton
Meanings
noun
- A hydrostatic skeleton; a structure found in many cold-blooded organisms and soft-bodied animals, consisting of a fluid-filled cavity, the coelom, surrounded by muscles, and used in movement and changing shape.
Word forms
Etymology
From hydro- + skeleton.
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