living chamber

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living chamber (plural living chambers)

  1. (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.