Epicoele

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Epicoele \Ep"i*coele\ ([e^]p"[i^]*s[=e]l), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr.
     koi^lon a hollow.] (Anat.)
     A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the
     body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body
     cavity of vertebrates.
     [1913 Webster]