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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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218Maggenti and Gardnercoenogenetic see cenogeneticcoenogenous see cenogenouscoenogony n. [Gr. koinos, common; gone, generation] Reproductioninvolving coenocytes.coenosarc n. [Gr. koinos, common; sarx, flesh] (CNID: Hydrozoa)The hollow living tubes <strong>of</strong> the upright branching individuals<strong>of</strong> a colony. see stolon, perisarc.coenosite n. [Gr. koinos, common; sitos, food] A free orseparable commensal organism.coenospecies n. [Gr. koinos, common; L. species, kind] Collectively,those related species or ecospecies that can intercrossto form hybrids that are sometimes fertile.coenosteum n.; pl. -tea [Gr. koinos, common; osteon, bone]1. (CNID: Hydrozoa) The calcareous mass forming theskeleton <strong>of</strong> a compound coral. 2. (PORIF: Sclerospongiae)The basal skeleton <strong>of</strong> a stromatoporoid sponge.coenotrope n. [Gr. koinos, common; trope, turn] A form <strong>of</strong>behavior common to a group or species.coenure see coenuruscoenurus n. [Gr. koinos, common; oura, tail] (PLATY: Cestoda)A metacestode in the family Taeniidae, in which scolicesbud from an internal germinative membrane inside a bladderlikesac. see cysticercus.coenzyme n. [L. cum, with; Gr. en, in; zyme, yeast] An organicsubstance associated with an enzyme in order t<strong>of</strong>unction; an organic c<strong>of</strong>actor.coevolution n. [L. cum, with; evolvere, to unroll] Development<strong>of</strong> genetically determined traits in two species to facilitatesome interaction, usually mutually beneficial. see counterevolution.coexistence n. [L. cum, with; existere, to exist] Existing at thesame time and place with another.c<strong>of</strong>actor n. [L. cum, together; facere, to act] Any accessorysubstance (inorganic or organic) attached to an enzymeand necessary for its function; such as a metallic ion or acoenzyme.

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