hydrostatic skeleton

noun

a fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish

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Meanings

nounhydrostatic skeleton (plural hydrostatic skeletons)

plural hydrostatic skeletons

  1. biologya fluid-filled cavity that surrounds the soft bodies of certain invertebrates such as jellyfish
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