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living chamber

living chamber noun: the part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.

Noun

living chamber (plural living chambers)

  1. The part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.
    • Although most of the animal's body is in the living chamber, it maintains a slight presence in the phragmocone to control the gas-to-fluid ratio.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 36

Forms of living chamber

pluralliving chambers

Words that rhyme with living chamber

Questions about living chamber

What does living chamber mean?
Living chamber means the part of a cephalopod's shell which is physically occupied by the animal's body, as opposed to those chambers that serve to provide buoyancy.
What part of speech is living chamber?
Living chamber is a noun.
What is the plural of living chamber?
The plural of living chamber is living chambers.

Words near living chamber in the dictionary

  1. living and letting live
  2. living at Her Majesty's pleasure
  3. living bandage
  4. living bandages
  5. living beyond one's means
  6. living chamber
  7. living chambers
  8. living conditions
  9. living constitution
  10. living constitutions
  11. living dangerously

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