Ccelosperm. 
Sectifm of cojlospennous fruit of Corian- 
drum, enlarged, a, a, the curved seed. 
coelosperm 
coelosperm (se'lo-sperm), 11. [< fir. K<n/.of, hol- 
low, -T- n-tp/jui, seed.] In hot. : (a) The seed of 
some umbellif- 
erous plants, so 
curved longitu- 
dinally as to 
form a concavi- 
ty on the inner 
surface, as in the 
coriander. (li) 
An umbellifer- 
ous plant which 
is characterized 
by a coelosper- 
mous seed. 
COelospermoilS (se-lo-sper'mus), (i. [< ccelo- 
sperm + -ous.] Having longitudinally curved 
seeds, or ccelosperms. 
COeluTu (se'lum), ii.; pi. cceln (-l|i). [NL., < Gr. 
Kotftav, a hollow, cavity (of the body, etc.), neut. 
of imi'fjoc,, hollow: see ceil, .] In tinat., the 
general cavity of the trunk of the body, in- 
cluding the special cavities of the thorax, ab- 
domen, and pelvis ; the cceloma. [Rare.] 
With all the lower Vertebrates, the diaphragm is absent 
or incomplete, so that the three cavities are continuous, 
and constitute the coelum or trunk cavity. 
Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 37. 
Cceluria (se-lu'ri-a), n. pi. [NL., < Ccelurtis, 
q. v.] An ordinal name of a group of extinct 
Jurassic dinosaurian reptiles, represented by 
the genus Ccslurus from Wyoming. 
coelurid (se-lu'rid), n. A dinosaurian reptile of 
the family Cceluri(l<e. 
Coeluridse (se-lu'ri-de), n. pi. [NL., < Coslurus 
+ -idle.'] A family of dinosaurian reptiles with 
the anterior cervical vertebrae opisthocoelian 
and the rest biconcave, very long and slender 
metatarsal bones, and the bones of the skele- 
ton pneumatic or hollow. 
Ccelurus (se-lu'rus), n. [NL., < Gr. Kolfof, hol- 
low, + o'vpa, tail.] A genus of dinosauriau rep- 
tiles, typical of the family Coeluridas. Marsh, 
1879. 
coembody (ko-em-bod'i), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
covmbodied, ppr. coembodyiriy. [< co- 1 + em- 
body.] To unite or incorporate in one body. 
[Bare.] 
Father. Son, and Holy Spirit will then become coembod- 
ied in this Divine body. Braike, Fool of Quality, II. 252. 
coemeterialt, coemeteryt. Obsolete spellings of 
cemeterial, cemetery. 
coemption (ko-emp'shon), H. [< ME. coemp- 
tion, < L. coem/>tio(n-), < coemere, pp. eoemptus, 
buy together, < co-, together, + emere, buy: see 
co-i and emption.] If. Joint purchase; the 
sharing with another of what is bought. 
Coemption is to seyn coinune achat or hying togidre, 
that weere estabelyssed upon the poeple by swicli a manere 
imposiscion, as whoso bowhte a bossel corn, he moste yeve 
the kynge the flfte part. 
Gloss in Chaucer's Boethius, i. prose 4. 
2. The act of purchasing all of a given commod- 
ity that is for sale, with a view to controlling 
its price. 
Monopolies and coemption of wares for resale, where they 
are not restrained, are great means to enrich. 
Bacon, Riches. 
3. In Rom. law, one of the modes of civil mar- 
riage, consisting in a sort of mutual sale of the 
parties, effected by the exchange of a small 
sum of money and other ceremonies. 
By the religious marriage or Confarreation ; by the high- 
er form of civil marriage, which was called Coemption; 
and by the lower form, which was termed Usus, the Hus- 
band acquired a number of rights over the person and 
property of his wife, which were on the whole in excess 
of such as are conferred on him in any system of modern 
jurisprudence. Maine, Ancient Law(3d Am. ed.), p. 149. 
coemptor (ko-emp'tor), n. [L., < coemere, pp. 
eoemptus, buy up: see coemption.] One who 
purchases all that there is of any commodity. 
coen-. See c<eno-. 
ccenaesthesia (se-nes-the'si-a), n. [NL., also 
ccencesthesis, < Gr. miv6f, common, + atodqaic, 
perception : see esthetic.] Same as ccenesthesis. 
coenaesthesis, n. [NL.] See ccenesthesis. 
ccenanthiuni (se-nan'thi-um), n. ; pi. coenanthia 
(-a). [NL., < Gr. noiv6f, common, + avffoc,, a flow- 
er.'] Same as clinanthium. 
cognation, n. See cenation. 
coendoo, coendou (ko-en'do), n. [Native name.] 
A name of the prehensile-tailed porcupine of 
Brazil, Synetlieres or Cercolabes prehensilis. 
coenenchym (se-neng'kim), . Same as ecenen- 
chyma. 
As a rule, the individuals are imbedded in a common 
body mass, the cosnenchym. Claus, Zoology (trans.), p. 227. 
1086 
coanenchyma (se-neng'ki-ma), n. [NL., < Gr. 
KOIVOC, common, + tyxv^a, an infusion, < cy^el-v, 
infuse, pour in, < iv, = E. in 1 , + %tlv, pour, 
akin to E. gush.] In zoiit., the calcined tissue 
of the coenosarc of actinozoans; a substance 
which results from the calcification of the coe- 
nosarc of compound Actinozoa, and which may 
form a large part of the calcareous matter of a 
zoanthodeme, uniting the thecte orcorallites of 
the individual anthozooids. Also ecenenchyme, 
coeiiciiclii/m. 
There are cases, again, in which the calcareous deposit 
in the several polyps of a compound Actinozoon, and in 
the superficial parts of the ctxtu'itchyma, remains loose 
and spicular. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 140. 
coenenchymal (se-neng'ki-mal), a. [< cceiicti- 
clii/nia + -al.] Pertaining to or of the nature of 
ccenenchyma: as, ccencnctiymal tubes. 
ccenenchymatous (se-neng-kim'a-tus), a. [< 
ceeeiiflti/ia(t-) + -ous.] Consisting of coenen- 
chyma ; having the character of coenenchyma. 
ccenenchyme (se-neng'kim), . Same as cce- 
ncncltymn. 
coenesthesia (so-nes-the'si-8), n. Same as cce- 
HCKtltCSix. 
crjenesthesis, coensesthesis (se-nes-the'sis), n. 
[NL. coenaifithesis, < Gr. v<ir, common, 4- alafo/aif, 
perception : see esthetic.] The general sense of 
life, the bodily consciousness, or the total im- 
pression from all contemporaneous sensations, 
as distinct from special and well-defined sensa- 
tions, such as those of touch or sight ; vague 
sense. Also ccena'sthesia, eanettkegie. 
CO-enjoyt (ko-en-jpi'), v. t. [< co-l + enjoy.] To 
enjoy together with another. [Rare.] 
I wish my Soul no other Felicity, when she has shaken 
orf these Rags of Flesh, than to ascend to his, and co-aijni/ 
the same Bliss. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 7. 
coeno-. [NL., etc., coeno- (E. also ceno-), < Gr. 
KOIVO-, combining form of Koiv6f, common: see 
com-, and ceno- 2 , cenobitc, etc.] An element in 
some compound words of Greek origin, mean- 
ing 'common.' 
ccenobia, n. Plural of ccenobium. 
Coenobita, coenobite, etc. See Cenobita, etc. 
coenobium (se-no'bi-um), n. ; pi. coenobia (-a) or 
(in def. 1) ccenobiums (-umz). [LL. (NL.), < 
Gr. KOIV6/310V, life in community, prop. neut. of 
noiv6flioc., adj., living in communion, < KOIVOC, 
common, + /3'of, life.] 1. A community of 
monks living under one roof and under one 
government ; a monastery ; a religious com- 
munity. 
A high spiritual life and intellectual cultivation within 
the numerous caeitobittmjt was quite compatible with prac- 
tical paganism and disorder outside. 
Edinburgh Ren., CLXIII. 450. 
An Irish ccenobium of the earliest type was simply an 
ordinary sept or family whose chief had Iwcome Christian, 
and making a gift of his land, either retired, leaving it in 
the hands of a comarba, or remained as the religious head 
himself. Entyc. Brit., XIII. 248. 
2. [NL.] In zodl., the mulberry-like mass of a 
compound protozoan, or cluster of many unicel- 
lular animals in one stock : originally applied 
by F. Stein to the spherical clusters of monads 
at the ends of the branched pedicels of certain 
infusorians. 3. [NL.] In bot.: (o) A name of 
the fruit peculiar to the Boraainaeece and Labi- 
ate, consisting of four distinct nutlets around a 
common style, (b) In certain unicellular alga?, 
a colony consisting of a definite number of cells. 
In Pandornia a coenobium consists of sixteen 
one-celled plants grouped together in a definite 
form. 
The cells of these families, either indefinitely increasing 
in number (then families in the true sense of the term), or 
of definite number (then forming a ctenobiuin). 
H. C. Wood, Fresh-water Algie, p. 86. 
Also spelled cenobium. 
coenoblast (se'no-blast), n. [< Gr. KOIVOS, com- 
mon, + ji^aaTof, germ.] In sponges, an indiffer- 
ent germinal tissue forming the core or primi- 
tive mesodenn whence the true mesoderm and 
the endoderm both arise. Marshall. 
Marshall . . . figures the larva as filled up solidly by a 
ccenoblastic membrane in which a central cavity appears 
surrounded by the cells of an endoderm and a mesodenn, 
both differentiated from the ccenoblast. This name ap- 
pears to us to embody an essential distinction which ought 
to be made between the primitive layer and the endoderm 
and mesoderm which arise from it. 
Hyatt, Proc. Bost. Soc. Sat. Hist., 1884, p. 85. 
ccenoblastic (se-no-blas'tik), a. [< <xenoblast + 
-ic.] Pertaining to the coenoblast ; derived from 
or constituting coenoblast. 
COenobyt, . See cenoby. 
ccenoecia. . Plural of ccencecium. 
coencecial (se-ne'si-al), a. [< ccencecium + -al.] 
Pertaining to or of the nature of a co3noecium. 
coerce 
ccencecium (se-ne'si-um) n. ; pi. nrmi'i-iti (-a). 
[NL., < Gr. tetvAf, common, + umni;, a dwelling.] 
In zool., apolypary; the cliitinous investment 
or covering of the coenosarc of the hydroid hy- 
drozoans. 
coenogamous, coenogamy. See ceuwjamous, 
ccnoyttitiif. 
Ccenbmdrphae (se-no-m6r'f6), . i>l. [NL., < Gr. 
Koivof, common, + fiopd'/, form.] In Sundevall's 
system of classification, a cohort of .1 >risodactyli, 
of an order I'olucren, consisting of the torn-aeons 
(Musaphagidae), the mouse-birds ((.'oliiilte), the 
rollers (CorooMdc), and the Madagascan genera 
Atelomin and Bracfaypterooiat. 
Ccenopithecus (se"uo-pi-the'kus),H. [NL.,< Gr. 
Kmru?, common, + TrUh/Kof. an ape, monkey.] A 
genus of fossil strepsirrhine monkeys from the 
Eocene. C. lemuroides represents the oldest form 
of monkey known. 
coenosarc (se'no-sark). . [< Gr. noiv6f, com- 
mon, + aapj (aa'pn-), flesh.] In :o<il., a term ap- 
plied by Allman to the common living basis by 
which the several beings included in a compo- 
site zoophyte are connected with one another. 
Every composite zoophyte is thus viewed as consisting of a 
variable number of beings or polypites developing them- 
selves from certain more m- less definite points of a com- 
mon cienosarc. .See otttomiderMitAosoMd ami <'<ir<ill<!/rmt. 
coenosarcal (se-no-sar'kal), . [< (-./< + 
-al.] Pertaining to or of the nature of a coeno- 
sarc : as, ctenosarcal canals. 
ccenosarcous (se-no-siir'kus), . [< coenosarc 
+ -ous.] Consisting of coanosarc ; having the 
character of coonosarc. 
ccenosite (se'no-sit), n. [< Gr. Koivof, common, 
+ OITOS, food.] A commensal. 
Cflenosteal (se-nos'te-al), a. [< cceitoxtciiHi + 
-til.] Having the character of or consisting of 
coenosteum. 
cosnosteum (se-nos'te-um), . [NL., < Gr. KOI- 
vof, common, + borf-ov, bone.] In :odl., the 
hard, calcareous ectodermal tissue of the hy- 
drocorallines, as of millepore coral ; the calca- 
reous or coral-like mass of the hydrophyton of 
the hydrocoralliue acalephs. Moseley, 1881. 
ccenoiype (se'no-tip), . [< Gr. KotvAf, common, 
+ Tmof, impression, type.] Acommon or rep- 
resentative type ; an organism which represents 
the fundamental type or pattern of structure of 
a group. [Rare.] 
Lucernaria, the caenotj/i>e of the Acalephre. 
a. J. Clark, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1862. 
ccenotypic (se-no-tip'ik), a. [< ccenotgpe + -ic.] 
Representing a common type ; having the char- 
acter of a coenotype. 
coenure (se'nur), . [Also, as NL., ccehitrus; < 
Gr. Kotv6f, common, + ov/m, tail.] A hydatid 
found in the sheep, producing the disease called 
staggers; the hydatid form of the wandered 
scolex of the dog's tapeworm with deutoscoli- 
ces attached. It is a bladder-worm, cystic worm, or 
cysticercus of many heads, the larva of Tamia coznurii*. 
See cut under Ttenia. 
ccenurus (se-nu'rus), w. [NL. : see coenure.] A 
coenure : originally mistaken for and named as 
a genus of worms by Rudolphi. 
coequal (ko-e'kwal), a. and w. [< LL. coceqvalis, 
< L. co-, together, + a'qualis, equal: see co-l 
and equal.] I. a. Equal with another person or 
thing, or with one another; having equal rank, 
dignity, intellectual ability, etc . ; of correspond- 
ing character or quality. 
If once he come to be a cardinal, 
He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown. 
Sliak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 1. 
He [Hartley Coleridge] had the poetic temperament, 
with all its weaknesses and dangers, yet without a coequal 
faculty of reflection and expression. 
Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 242. 
II. H. One who or that which is equal to an- 
other or others. 
coequality (ko-e-kwol'i-ti), . [< coequal + -ity, 
after equality.] The state of being coequal; 
equalitv in rank, dignity, ability, etc. 
coeojually (ko-e'kwal-i), adv. In a coequal 
manner. 
coequalness (ko-e'kwal-nes), n. Same as Co- 
equality. Bailey. 
coerce (ko-6rs'), v. t.; pret. and pp. coerced, 
ppr. coercing. [= OF. coercer, cohercer = Sp. 
coercer, < L. coercere, surround, encompass, re- 
strain, control, curb, < co-, together, + arcere, 
inclose, confine, keep off: see arcade, arcane, 
nrfc 2 .] 1. To restrain or constrain by force, 
as by the force of law or authority ; especially, 
compel to compliance ; constrain to obedience 
or submission in a vigorous or forcible manner. 
Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this 
profligate sort. Ayli/'e, Parergou. 
