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apopyle

[ ap-uh-pahyl ]

noun

, Zoology.
  1. (in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of apopyle1

1885–90; apo- + Greek pýlē gate, entrance; pylon

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