living chamber
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪmbə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
living chamber (plural living chambers)
- (zoology) 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.
- 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 36:
- 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.