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One of a set of hollow depressions on the lateral portions of the vertebrae in dinosaurs, which served to decrease the weight of these bones without sacrificing strength.

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coel boel noel moel koel goel acoel manoel aasvoel hemocoel metacoel telocoel mesocoel protocoel hydrocoel haemocoel enterocoel somatocoel blastocoel schizocoel
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