Etymology · Ancient Greek
κοῖλος
7 English words descend from Ancient Greek κοῖλος, most common first.
- coelacanthAny of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish in the order Coelacanthiformes—thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.
- -coelA cavity.
- coelanaglyphicIn the form of cavo-rilievo (“sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the surrounding surface”).
- coelo-hollow; cavity; as
- -coeloushollowed out, relating to concavity
- syringocoeleThe central canal of the spinal cord.
- telocoelA cavity in the telencephalon of an embryo.