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body wall en · NOUN
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(empty-gloss, no-gloss, qualifier:invertebrate zoology) (invertebrate zoology)
A few species that feed on hydroids are able to incorporate their prey's nematocysts into their own body wall for defence.
2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 83:The proximal half of the long, slender, brown nephridia is held to the body wall by a fold of peritoneum.
1913, John Hiram Gerould, The Sipunculids of the Eastern Coast of North America, page 434:
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