Dictionary entry

Dendrocœla

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Den′dro‐cœ″la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. δένδρον tree + κοι̑λοσ hollow.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.