(ărk-ĕn′tĕr-ŏn)
[Pronunciation]
[Gr. arche, beginning, + enteron, intestine]
The primitive digestive cavity of the gastrula, which is lined with endoderm.
Its opening to the outside is the blastopore.
SYN: gastrocoele
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