dendrocœl, -cœle, a. Zool.
(ˈdɛndrəʊsiːl)
[f. dendro- + Gr. κοιλία the body-cavity, abdomen.]
Having a branched or arborescent intestine; belonging to the division Dendrocœla of Turbellarian Worms. Also dendroˈcœlan, dendroˈcœlous, in same sense.
| 1869 Nicholson Zool. xxiv. (1880) 242 The Nemerteans..make a near approach to the dendrocœlous Planarians. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iv. 194 Sometimes a simple sac..and occasionally branched, like that of the dendrocœle Turbellaria. |