prosopyle

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pros′ə pīl′)


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pros•o•pyle  (pros′ə pīl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Invertebrates(in sponges) a pore through which water is drawn from the outside into one of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall. Cf. apopyle. 
  • Greek prósō forward + pýlē gate
  • 1885–90

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