mesoglea

American  

[mez-uh-glee-uh, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-] / ˌmɛz əˈgli ə, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə- /

Or mesogloea

noun

1. the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.

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mesoglea British  

/ ˌmɛsəʊˈɡliːə /

noun

1. the gelatinous material between the outer and inner cellular layers of jellyfish and other coelenterates

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Other Word Forms

• mesogleal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of mesoglea

1885–90; < New Latin mesogloea, equivalent to meso- meso- + Greek gloía glue